Simon Mainwaring

April 30, 2022 by Simon Mainwaring

For the uninitiated – and that includes most of us – NFT stands for non-fungible token [Skip ahead to the next section if you don’t need a refresher]. NFTs are not cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or other decentralized digital currency, though they share in common that they are traded without agents or intermediaries via the blockchain. “Token” here […]

For the uninitiated – and that includes most of us – NFT stands for non-fungible token Skip ahead to the next section if you don’t need a refresher. NFTs are not cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or other decentralized digital currency, though they share in common that they are traded without agents or intermediaries via the blockchain. “Token” here …

April 29, 2022 by Simon Mainwaring

London-, New York-, India-, and Singapore-based Forum for the Future is a veteran non-profit that collaborates with business, government, and civil society to hasten the global shift toward a resilient and equitable future. Co-founded by Sir Jonathon Espie Porritt OBE, British environmentalist, and writer, in 1996, “Forum” operates all over the world, convening, challenging, and instigating its business and …

April 28, 2022 by Simon Mainwaring

Louise Vongerichten Ulukaya is the founder of Mon Coeur, an environmentally responsible retail and D2C kids’ apparel and fashion brand based out of New York. Perhaps most exciting about the advent of Mon Coeur is that it empowers kids to start making a material difference in a world on fire. To positively affect the future they’ll inherit. …

February 23, 2022 by Simon Mainwaring

In the previous post, I covered greed as a main erosive agent to public trust in the institution of business. I’m going to argue here that dishonesty – inauthenticity – is cut from the same cloth. It might in fact be a greater detriment to public trust. A key study revealed that, in addition to …

February 23, 2022 by Simon Mainwaring

Public Goods is an e-commerce website founded in 2017 by Morgan Hirsh, CEO, with Michael Ferchak, Co-Founder & Head of Product Development. It’s a Lead With We brand extraordinaire not only because it specializes in sustainable, organic, climate-friendly, and healthy personal care, household, grocery, vitamins, supplements, and pet product offerings. But because of its outsized …

February 17, 2022 by Simon Mainwaring

This post is the first in a series of eight that examines the bedrock beneath every Lead With We business: Trust that builds reputation, culture, sales, and loyalty during a time of crisis. Of all the institutions studied in the latest annual trust survey, US respondents report trusting business more than any other institution, at 61 …