Leadership

September 13, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

http://youtu.be/PY-mboZkhD0 Al Gore, the former vice-president of the United States and a force behind the climate change debate and the film An Inconvenient Truth, has just announced a 24- hour worldwide presentation called “24-Hours of Reality” to combat the country’s growing disbelief that man’s actions are dramatically shaping the planet’s climate. Gore aims to enlist […]

August 12, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0FNtp_a5-c Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Blake Canterbury, founder of BeRemedy.org, which is a smart new idea for using social media to enlist community support to solve problems within that community. here’s what he had to share. SM: Blake, real pleasure to meet you. Tell us, what is BeRemedy? BC: BeRemedy is the […]

August 10, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

Over the last eighteen months we have seen a remarkable series of events that have been driven in part by social media. Protests during the Arab Spring revolutions in Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen and Saudi Arabia, as well as those that continue today in Egypt, Libya and Syria, were amplified using social media. The riots in London and through the […]

July 6, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

I’m excited to share today a new downloadable We First manifesto that is kindly being published by 800ceoRead. It’s called ‘We First: How Brands and Consumers can partner to Build a Better World.’ My hope is that the manifesto can read as many CEO’s and business leaders as possible to help make the case for […]

June 27, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

http://youtu.be/UYGqUeIfelg I recently had the great pleasure of chatting with Maril MacDonald, CEO of Gagen MacDonald, who is spear-heading a truly exciting new leadership program called, ‘Let Go and Lead.’ Any transformative shift in the way business must start with new leadership. Here’s what Maril had to share about the project. SM: Hi, I’m Simon […]

June 7, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

An investment in a book these days has to add value to your life. Not just because of the expense, but more so because of your investment of time. With that in mind I wanted to share ten reasons to read We First and to offer my thanks in advance for your support of its […]