How to find your unique point of view for Thought Leadership
Craig Badings of Thought Leadership Strategy provides a framework on identifying a unique topic and position of interest to your prospects. While he talks about this in the context of developing a thought leadership strategy, it is also a prerequisite process to any content curation initiative:
... identify whether anyone else already occupies this space. If so you may be two steps behind already. Thought leaders are always two steps ahead. Then research your market to gain an in depth understanding of their issues and possible solutions.