• About

  • Thomas @ Work

    Today's focus.

    Editorial strategy, storytelling counsel, executive comms collaboration, and great words for brands, organisations, and their leaders. Work across sectors, from start-ups and charities, to billion-dollar global enterprises. Assignments on five continents, so far. Words for audiences in the UK, US and Canada, India, China, Australia, EMEA, and LatAm.

    Plural life.

    Founded ThinkStuff, a writing and consulting boutique, in 2016. Two hands and a keyboard for hire. A fresh set of eyes and ears. Consultant, facilitator, and trainer. Trusted advisor and dot-connector, bringing together interesting people and ideas. 

  • Side hustles.

    Consulting, advising, and coaching on digital capability and transformation. Working (slowly) on another couple of books. Co-founder of new analytics venture, currently in stealth- and build- mode, launching early 2025.

    Prologue.

    Trained and postgrad qualified as a marketer. Pre-2016, spent 13+ years client-side, leading ideas and teams in marketing, strategy, research, brand, content, and editorial for an international education and membership organisation, at board-level. 

  • Foot notes.

    Award-winning co-author (British Library / CMI 2018) of my first book, Building Digital Culture. And a freelance journo published in the Financial Times' Sifted, and special reports in The Times (UK).

  • Thomas @ Home

    Me.

    Live in beautiful Cornwall, on the south-west coast of the UK. Still haven't learned to surf but love being a stone's throw from stunning beaches. Tranquil office at home, work from anywhere... have MacBook, will travel 🛫 

    Us.

    Lucky to spend life with Rachel, my wonderful and equally sleep-deprived partner... where together we serve, ultimately and exclusively, at the beck and call of our three-year old daughter Pippa. And a dog, two horses, and six sheep. But that's a whole other story.

  • More me.

    When not writing, rewriting, or thinking about words...

     

    Squash lover (the racquet sport, not the vegetable) and runner, albeit in dire need of practice. Heston, Marco, or Gordon wannabe. Self-anointed connoisseur of steak, Pinot Noir, and an Old Fashioned.

    My head RN.

    📚 Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman.

    📺 Stewart, Maher, Colbert, Oliver, Myers.

    🔊 Scott Galloway & Kara Swisher, Pivot Podcast.

    🍸 Gordon's 0.0%, slimline tonic, chunk of fresh lime.