Wayne is a globally recognized “pracademic”, poet and “possibilist” on the impact of business on nature and society. He has been listed as one of the world’s:

• Top 10 most influential faculty thinkers on issues of responsible business in social media
• Top 100 influencers on CSR and sustainable business
• Top 100 thought-leader in trustworthy business 
• Top 100 sustainability leader

He is the recipient of the Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Award, the Emerald Literati Outstanding Author Contribution Award and the Outstanding Teacher Award of the Warwick MBA.

RESPECTED PROFESSOR AND FUTURISTIC ENTREPRENEUR 

Wayne is a Fellow, Head Tutor and Lecturer at Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership, where he is the Head Program Instructor for the Business Sustainability Management Course. He is also a Visiting Professor at Antwerp Management School.

His work has taken him to 78 countries and he has been listed as a top 100 thought leader in trustworthy business, offering lectures at more than 50 universities in 20 countries.

He is also director of the think tank Kaleidoscope Futures, founder of CSR International, and former director of Sustainability Services at KPMG and strategy analyst at Capgemini.

INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER AND FILMMAKER 

As a professional speaker, Wayne has been listed as one of the world’s Top 10 ESG Speakers. He has delivered over 570 keynote speeches, lectures, courses, and workshops in over 50 countries.

The topics that Wayne frequently talks on include: “Thriving”, “Transformational Leadership”, “Creating integrated value and sustainability innovation”, “The new nexus economy”, “Becoming future-fit”, and “Purpose-inspired change”.

Wayne is co-producer of two films: Sinking Nation and Closing the Loop, the world’s first feature-length documentary on the circular economy that has been selected for multiple international film festivals.

BESTSELLING AUTHOR, POET AND POSSIBILIST

Wayne is a prolific writer, believing that we learn best by constantly challenging ourselves to do research, formulate our thoughts into compelling narratives and share our discoveries and insights.

He is the author of 44 books, including the Amazon bestseller “Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society, and the Economy”, “The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise”, and “Sustainable Frontiers: Unlocking Change through Business, Leadership, and Innovation”.

He has published over 375 chapters, articles and reports and is a guest columnist for The Huffington Post and The Guardian. tHrIVE Mind is the Substack blog where Wayne shares purpose-inspired poems and prose.