John Smythe

Activist, Business adviser, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Parent

Early career as corporate communication director at three US corporations. Set up three consultancies - Wolf Olins Smythe, SmytheDorwardLambert and presently building Engage for change

Helping businesses engage their leaders and people in much more democratic ways

The Velvet revolution at work - ending soviet style top down leadership models and replacing them with more open, democratic models - enabling leaders to become guides of other people's creativity rather than gods with all the answers

Creative designer of democratic change at work

Quite simply to learn from others and provide access to my specialist subject - leader & employee engagement

Facilitation of very large numbers of people (so far max of 2,500) and facilitation of small groups where conflict is potentially high and the stakes large