Mike Stevenson - The Art Of Reinvention

Mike never fails to inspire. His own journey from homelessness to award-winning entrepreneur is filled with remarkable people and events. 

He is founder of Thinktastic, an innovations agency, voted Scottish Small Company of Year 2008 and acclaimed for its unique approaches to stretching people and organisations beyond the ‘apparently’ possible.  His clients included M&S, Scottish and Southern Energy, NHS, Scottish Government and Sky. His motivational work with schools was given special recognition on three successive years with a Business in the Community award for Raising the Attainment of Young People while his community investments made him one of only 21 UK company directors to be awarded the inaugural Community Mark.  In 2011, he picked up New Start Magazines Better Places Award. He was a founder member of Glasgow’s Wise Group and then of multi-award-winning creative agency, Design Links.  

Chucked out of school at 15, Mike spent a year sleeping on the streets of London, then racked up 29 jobs before his 26th birthday – his CV includes steelworker, wine bottler, hod-carrier, hospital orderly, biscuit packer and community worker. He also enjoyed a stint as a musician and actor.

He is a TEDx and Leadercast speaker, a regular media commentator on leadership, creativity and innovation, an occasional columnist for the Sunday Times and a two-times co-host of Disney Institute Master classes