Hamish Thomson
"True success comes from humility, compromise and connection."
In a 30-year career, he has been a successful CEO/Regional President and Global Brand head for Mars Incorporated (UK, Australia and Chicago), a senior marketing and sales lead for Reebok International (England and the Netherlands) and a fresh-faced account executive in the London advertising scene. A board and start-up adviser, consultant, speaker and investor, he is the author of the internationally released leadership book, “It’s not always right to be right” – an autobiographical account of leadership and personal lessons relating to breakthrough and transformation.
Hamish is also a Board Director of one of Australia’s leading men’s mental health non for- profit organisations, OzHelp. He currently resides in Sydney, Australia with his wife and three children.
His passion within innovation and creativity derives primarily from an innate dissatisfaction with the status quo of business performance – even when results are thriving. Regardless of best in class innovation management processes, blueprints and templates, unless there is an internal mindset and culture of external perspective and insatiable curiosity, seldom will breakthrough results be enduring. Frustratingly, he has often learned this the hard way.
He lists his most notable disruptive experiences as pertaining to sports to sports fashion, pet food to pet services, confections to impulse, food to shared relationships, and multi-national corporates to start-up entrepreneurial mentality.
What genre does Hamish Thomson write in?
Leadership and business nonfiction - an autobiographical approach that combines personal memoir with practical leadership lessons on breakthrough and transformation.
What are the main themes of his work?
Leadership, humility, compromise, connection, mindset and culture change, external perspective and curiosity, innovation and creative disruption across different industries.
Which book should I start with?
Start with It's Not Always Right to Be Right: And Other Hard-Won Leadership Lessons, his internationally released autobiographical leadership book.
Is his work part of a series or standalone?
Standalone. The available title is a single autobiographical leadership book rather than part of a series.
Who will benefit most from reading his book?
Current and aspiring leaders, executives, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in practical leadership insights, culture change and applying innovation in established organisations or startups.
