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Simon Mainwaring, brand futurist and CEO of We First, a creative consultancy.

  1. Simon Mainwaring, brand futurist and CEO of We First, a creative consultancy. Blaine Bartlett 42:41

Making a difference matters! Join me with my guest and good friend Simon Mainwaring, CEO of We First, Inc., the creative consultancy that strategizes, integrates and activates the Growth, productivity and impact of the world’s most successful brands. As a global keynote speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and highly-awarded brand futurist, Simon works with leading CEO’s, CMOs, and entrepreneurs to define their business strategy, company culture, and brand communications. His clients include Fortune 500 companies and leading purpose brands and he’s been featured in the BBC World News, The Guardian, Advertising Age, Inc., and Fast Company. Simon previously worked at top creative advertising agencies in Australia, Europe and North America, and now travels the globe delivering speeches, leading workshops, and consulting with clients to unlock their full potential.

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Blaine Bartlett consults, advises and coaches globally with leaders, executives, companies, and governments. He is internationally recognized as a leadership development master and through his work has personally delivered programs to and worked with more than 300,00 individuals, directly impacting more than one million people worldwide.

As CEO of Avatar Resources, a global leadership consultancy he founded in 1987, he’s worked with entrepreneurs and leaders of many of the largest (and smallest) companies and organizations on the planet to change the way leadership is used to foster thriving through Compassionate Capitalism.

Blaine is a co-host of Office Hours on AppleTV as well as being featured in the TV series World’s Greatest Motivators and the movie and book Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Beijing University, Managing Director of the Global Coaching Alliance, a Chancellor at Napoleon Hill Institute, a longtime member of the Transformational Leadership Council and serves as a member of the teaching faculty of the American Association for Physician Leadership. Blaine sits on numerous Boards including the Board of Directors of the World Business Academy and the Unstoppable Foundation. In 2012, he was formally invested as a Knight of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta, the world’s oldest humanitarian organization.

Blaine is the author of five books including the #1 international best-seller Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business. His newest book is The Leadership Mindset Weekly.