Nick is Shift’s founder and CEO. His clear vision for an innovative organisation that brings together rigorous research, ambitious creativity and commercial expertise to design solutions to challenging social problems has defined Shift. Nick has grown the company from a tiny start-up to an international team, been actively involved in the strategic direction of all our work and established the partnerships that have allowed our products and services to reach scale and sustainability.
Nick holds a BA Hons in History from Oxford University and draws on his experience working as a teacher, youth worker and campaigner.
Nick was named one of Britain’s 50 New Radicals by The Observer and NESTA and is a board member of the Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology. His blogs on the Huffington Post, papers on behaviour change and talks all over the world are met with great acclaim.
Projects credited in
- Leaders with social heart: 100 creative changemakersCelebrating social responsibility is at the heart of what we do, so we've partnered with Squarespace – whose mission is to inspire people with creative ideas to succeed – to shine a light on 100 influential luminaries from art, technology, charity, design, business and more that are working tirelessly to make our world a better place. To highlight these organisations, we asked 10 creative changemakers to each nominate 10 people behind inspiring brands, products and movements with amazing social
- Champions of the ShenghaImproving mental health Developing a video game to help young people better manage their emotions6
- TipImproving infant emotional development Helping parents feel confident and capable in their child's first 1000 days
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Work history
Founder and CEOShift
London, United KingdomFull Time
Product design for social change.
Skills
- Product Design