Stuart’s strategy practice, Henshall & Associates helps organizations accelerate innovative solutions to market. His blog, the Unbound Spiral, is influencing and researching developments in the emerging social software arena. As an active blogger, he is working with clients to adapt and merge these new “knowledge tools” with organizational development programs.

Prior to developing his own practice Stuart was a leading scenario practitioner with GBN Global Business Network. There he ran programs which included future studies on food, biotechnology, communications and consumer power. He’s facilitated powerful change programs for the top teams at Dow Corning, General Mills, Motorola, and HP Labs. His broad international background also includes roles as General Manager and VP Sales and Marketing where he launched a number of “world first” new products and successful new Brands in both Consumer Products and Retail. Today he is working to combine the use of scenarios, visioning and emerging software tools to help branded communities augment their collective intelligence.

Stuart has been an active member in the Knowledge Management environment as founder of Knowledge Communities International and as a course leader. He’s taught public and private programs, including at the Haas School of Business (UCB) and University of Auckland Executive Programs. He’s been recognized by Entovation as a Global Knowledge Innovation Leader, while his papers include “Trust in Networks,” “The COMsumer Manifesto” and a short series on emerging P2P (peer to peer) environments. More recently “blogging” captures his thoughts.

Stuart has a B.com from the University of Auckland and is a Chartered Accountant CA with (ICANZ Institute of Chartered Accountants New Zealand). He lives with his family in San Francisco, California.