Mike Stopforth

Mike Stopforth

MSc Social Business and Entrepreneurship

GAUTENG, SA
Inspiring, practical and informative content built around the nexus of leadership, disruptive technology and impact.

Mike Stopforth is the founder and director of business and leadership transformation specialist Beyond Binary. He is an entrepreneur, start-up investor, author and global speaker. He is recognised for his provoking insights into disruption-driven change, its impact on people, business and markets, and, notably, building the new leadership skills and strategies essential to navigate uncharted territory. Mike is a successful digital pioneer. Before Beyond Binary, he founded leading African social media agency Cerebra. It was acquired by global advertising giant WPP in 2013. In 2007, he co-founded Afrigator.com, an African content aggregator which was bought by Naspers. In addition to his Beyond Binary role, Mike serves as a disruption and innovation advisor on a number of corporate boards. He has been recognised as an influencer by Mail & Guardian, GQ and Destiny Man.

Mike Stopforth is the founder and director of business and leadership transformation specialist Beyond Binary. He is an entrepreneur, start-up investor, author and global speaker. He is recognised for his provoking insights into disruption-driven change, its impact on people, business and markets, and, notably, building the new leadership skills and strategies essential to navigate uncharted territory. Mike is a successful digital pioneer. Before Beyond Binary, he founded leading African social media agency Cerebra. It was acquired by global advertising giant WPP in 2013. In 2007, he co-founded Afrigator.com, an African content aggregator which was bought by Naspers. In addition to his Beyond Binary role, Mike serves as a disruption and innovation advisor on a number of corporate boards. He has been recognised as an influencer by Mail & Guardian, GQ and Destiny Man.

The Spectrum of Digital Transformation

Why do more than 70% of corporate digital transformations reportedly fail? (Forbes, 2019) 

They fail because company business leaders place all the emphasis on "digital" - the tools and technologies - rather than "transformation". The word transformation elicits a commitment to long-term value creation, to a culture of accountability and proactivity, and leadership that supports it all the way through with high levels of digital literacy. 

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