James Hammersley

is an established thought leader in people, organization strategy and change and a widely acclaimed, award-winning author. He has over 30 years' experience in senior leadership positions, working with companies such as Diageo, Cadbury Schweppes and Shell. Appointed the first non-academic Principal of Henley Business School in 2004, he is now Dean Emeritus at Henley and Professor of Creativity and Leadership at Manchester Business School. James Hammersley founded Good Growth with Christopher Bones, an innovative digital change consultancy, whose clients have included Bupa, The Open University, Barclays Connector and O2 among others. Having worked on introducing digital performance to large organizations as a sales specialist he has witnessed first-hand the potential of digital to transform how we listen to and respond to customers.