Leadership

November 16, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

Despite the wonderful work and contributions made by corporate foundations through their cause marketing campaigns, there is a fundamental obstacle that cause marketers must overcome if they hope to truly have the impact our world at scale and build the bottom-lines. This obstacle is the integration of purpose into their for-profit business model. Much like sustainability, for […]

November 7, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

I’ve had the chance in the last year of visiting three exceptional places that are famous for their degree of creativity and marketplace dominance, and I wanted to share come common traits that seemed to factor into their success. The first is Weiden & Kennedy, perhaps the preeminent creative advertising agency in the world, where […]

October 19, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_yg02dWvkQ I recently had the pleasure of chatting to Mark Woerde who’s great new book takes a deep dive into research that explains why social good is increasingly important to consumers around the world and therefore brands. Plus here is a link to Mark’s great slideshare presentation. SM: Hi, I’m Simon Mainwaring and I’m here […]

October 12, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

The outpouring of support and respect for Steve Jobs was not only a testament to the creativity, passion and brilliance of the man, but also what’s possible for the corporate leaders of America. What if every corporate leader was as singularly associated with a positive impact on society as Steve Jobs was for humanizing design? […]

October 6, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

In the context of the global economic meltdown, the Great Recession that followed, and the most recent protests around the Occupy Wall Street movement, it seems relevant to consider what fresh responses to trading practices are being volunteered to temper the worst excesses of ‘Me First’ financial practices. A new book by Michael Martin called […]

September 26, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYHqTcUOzdQ In light of all the recent developments around social technology, from the launch of Google + to Facebook’s f8 conference launch of Timeline and Ticker last week, I felt it especially pertinent to share this interview with Sherry Turkle of MIT. What she invites us to consider is the human cost of our social media […]