Brian Tomlinson

🚀 Head of Content, Staffbase | Change Communication, Marketing | I help digital leaders and corporations connect ideas, minds and metrics to drive meaningful transformations

Hi, I'm Brian 👋🏽
Most leaders think the path forward is optimization.
They're always adding — more skills, more certifications, more grind. And they usually end up burning themselves and their teams out.
I believe it's reinvention.
That's why I created Personal Innovation — a systematic approach to help mid-career professionals reinvent themselves into AI-powered leaders.
The framework is built on 3 pillars:

CLARITY — Know who you are and what you want
GROWTH — Build the systems, skills, and confidence to evolve
IMPACT — Lead with influence and create work that matters

AI accelerates every pillar — helping you think clearer, move faster, and lead with confidence.

My story:
A few years ago, I asked myself: What do I actually want?
I realized I wanted authenticity, growth, and meaningful impact. So I stopped waiting for permission and reinvented myself.
Now I help mission-driven companies build thought leadership engines and content systems that drive demand. I coach mid-career professionals through their own reinventions. And I help leaders navigate the AI era without burning out.

What I bring:
For 20+ years, I've specialized in making complex ideas accessible and systematic — from building education programs for 12,000+ employees across 126 countries to growing social channels to 100k+ followers.

I believe professional reinvention should be systematic, not accidental. 

That's why I build:
→ Content engines that translate expert thinking into action
→ AI-driven systems that scale impact without scaling effort
→ Frameworks that make leadership development accessible to people who don't have MBAs or executive coaches

My background spans sales, digital transformation, and marketing leadership — across mission-driven tech, enterprise software, and global startups.

I'm also a runner 🏃🏾‍♂️, reader 👨‍🏫, podcaster 🎙️, and father of two 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒.

I love working with leaders who:
- Feel stuck despite their success
- Want to evolve without losing themselves
- Value systems over motivation
- Are ready to lead with AI, not resist it

If that's you, we should chat.

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Head of Digital Communications & International Enablement

Events, Kisaco Research

Senior leader with experience in both FTSE 100 companies and start-ups (pre-seed through to series B). 

Proven track record in events, awards, training, media and digital settings across the UK, Europe, ME, US, China and Asia, with full P&L Accountability.

Experience in leading global teams to success, delivering results with energy and authenticity. 

Enjoy building strong relationships within the markets that a business operates in:- customers, prospects, government officials, key influencers & market stakeholders, partners, media, and contractors and internal teams. 

Experience in Events & Event Tech:-
🔸Senior Leadership - have led cross-functional, global teams across sales, marketing, content, digital, operations, with full P&L accountability 
🔸Macro Event Strategy - including understanding 3 year plans & vision, geo-adaptation, new product areas and categories 
🔸Product Development (including market intelligence and validation)
🔸Sales & Sales Management, Sales Strategy & Forecasting (New Business, Renewal, Lapsed, Expansion Revenue) and creating revenue targets and comms plans/initiatives, maximising the team's impact and establishing strong onsite rebook campaigns and year round renewal and NB campaigns
🔸Exhibitor Management - including establishing and running focus groups/steering committees 
🔸Partnerships & Stakeholder Relationships - forging, building and owning
🔸Marketing - marketing strategy & leadership, campaign management, lead generation, management of external marketing suppliers, channel data/results, brand & product positioning
🔸Joint Ventures - establishing, negotiating and management
🔸Matrix Teams
🔸Investor Relations
🔸M & A 
🔸Mentoring
🔸P&L Accountability
🔸Digital Innovation 

Experience in:-
🔸Trade Shows 
🔸Conferences
🔸Confexes
🔸1-1/hosted buyers
🔸Awards
🔸Training

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