Phil Lewis is an award-winning strategist, speaker, author, mentor and business leader. His work transforms the fortunes of organisations around the world.
Phil speaks with rare authority on how to build impact cultures: harnessing energy within organisations to deliver both creative innovation and commercial performance. He’s been doing it internationally for over 20 years, in both creative agencies and management consultancies.
Whether one-to-one or addressing a room, Phil’s style is punchy, engaging and bullshit-free.
Phil’s reputation for effective speaking and mentorship comes from a unique place. His firm, Corporate Punk, designs highly innovative change management programmes, helping organisations large and small create their own perfect conditions for innovation and growth.
He and his team have made a lasting impact on global businesses including Sony Music, Adidas, River Island and Thomas Cook, as well as PE- and VC-backed high-growth firms in categories such as life sciences, fintech and healthcare.
Whether he’s speaking to CEOs about culture change or mentoring leaders of the future, Phil is the master of maximum impact. He translates complex concepts around issues such as leadership, organisational design, operational processes, and the politics of work into valuable, applicable principles.
In 2017, Phil published Creativity Is Power, a manifesto for organisational change that’s already transforming how many executives see the world of work. Creativity Is Power is a practical handbook for business leaders on how to drive innovation, happiness and business growth.? The manifesto is also available as a film.
Given the breadth of his international experience, Phil understands the requirements of different audiences, and can easily adapt his style and content to a wide range of cultures, industries, and sizes of businesses.
From 20-minute thought-starters to full-day workshops, Phil sparks debate, inspires new ways of thinking, and helps leaders with the important business of practical cultural change.
