mosoci » stuart henshall

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As founder and Managing Director, Stuart brings more than twenty five years of experience in consumer products, communications, and technology to Mosoci.

Summary:

Stuart’s passionate about technologies that are changing the way we live, work and play; communicate and collaborate in a mobile social world.

He’s been an accountant, FMCG brand manager, product innovations strategist and a futurist in his past avatars; all of which come together to drive his passions and work today. With methods grounded in research as a base for innovation, he has a head for numbers, and the heart to pick out the opportunities based on observation, intuition and imagination.

Most of his recent work [creating Facebook applications for VoIP companies, Phweet, Twitmart, Equals, projects at Mosoci] has been in the area of driving product innovations and marketing strategies for startups in the communications area and for large manufacturers of computing hardware and software.

In 2008, he co-founded Phweet and Twitmart - both built on the Twitter platform and experiments on new uses for Twitter.

Phweet provides a a shortURL that makes conversations and conference calls possible between Twitter friends and across other social networks. Phweet lets you accept calls with one click from your Twitter page or Twitter clients. It’s a simple service where you don’t need to download or share anything more to talk. The call is contained within a PhweetUrl; a smart link that calls you. You can send or receive a Phweet on the web, on a SIP phone, or on your mobile phone. And you can share who you are talking to in real time without having to reveal or exchange phone numbers or other identities.

Twitmart is a free classifieds marketplace using Twitter.

Keywords: Innovation, Research, Strategy, Product Management, Phweet, Futures, Identity Social Media, Mobility, VoIP, Twitter

Details:

Stuart’s experience developing “world first” products, role as a futurist, facilitator and active participant in social media led him to believe that organizations must accelerate community learning to remain competitive.

As a brand marketer and strategist he is curious and always seeking better questions about the future. He finds satisfaction in deep involvement with products, rapid-prototyping, and observation.

Early to the blogosphere and social networking his current interests includes the impact of real-time communications, identity, mobility, presence and collaboration. He is a leading evangelist for social media and for harnessing collective intelligence. He’s shaping Brand 2.0 to address building powerful brands in a world in which all media is social.

Stuart began blogging in 2002 with Unbound Spiral on strategy and innovation. In 2005 he founded Skype Journal, and continues to be an insightful analyst in the VoIP, social networking, blog and wiki space. He’s also been involved in start-ups in the communications and identity space.

His more recent projects include a year in India 2006/7 and companies including Nokia, Cheskin, Pitney Bowes, Generali, Yahoo, Jump Associates, Dell and Motorola. His focus has kept him at the intersection of social media, and emerging VoIP solutions.

He’s been a presenter - speaker: at the Harvard Club, Supernova, Silicon Valley Round Table, Reboot, VON, and Ecademy and frequent participant in industry conferences.

Previously, at GBN - Global Business Network he led scenario and futures projects in telecommunications, biotechnology and consumer products. As VP and General Manager he spent 20 years around the world; Europe, US, New Zealand and Australia leading consumer products sales and marketing teams.

Stuart excels at facilitating group conversations about change that lead to innovative new solutions. He has 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 P2P (peer to peer) solutions.