Simon Mainwaring

We First provides consulting and training to help companies tell the story of their good work in ways that build their business

Optimism

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Check out this virtual choir (virtually) conducted by Eric Whitacre. Without overstating things, it struck me as emblematic of the dynamic at work across social media and its transformative potential. Here we see people otherwise unknown to each other raising their voices in harmony directed towards a common goal. At the risk of sounding lofty, […]

Check out this virtual choir (virtually) conducted by Eric Whitacre. Without overstating things, it struck me as emblematic of the dynamic at work across social media and its transformative potential. Here we see people otherwise unknown to each other raising their voices in harmony directed towards a common goal. At the risk of sounding lofty, …

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In my last blog I discussed the case for optimism, re-characterizing this extremely difficult period of economic turmoil as a necessary transition to a period of possibility best approached with openness rather than fear. That begs the question as to how to participate in this process in order to take full advantage of the opportunities …

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This blog begins with a happy conspiracy of circumstances that led me to D.C. and, ultimately, through the kindness of others, to this wonderful room at the Hay-Adam’s Hotel. As an Australian, I knew little about the hotel until the First Family stayed there in the weeks before President Obama’s inauguration. To find myself in …

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