The subject line of the very first edition of the New Thinking newsletter by Gerry McGovern was ‘Massively parallel societies’ and opened like this:

Language is the invention of a co-operative society, and we wouldn’t be where we are today if we hadn’t co-operated.

This was on June 24, 1996 and Gerry wrote about how multimedia and the Internet would hopefully help us realize again that we are nothing without each other.

Since then his monthly newsletter has gained traction and readers around the world, including yours truly and he’s kept doing it now with a weekly dose of provocative and thoughtful insights.

Besides his newsletter, Gerry is perhaps even more known as the inventor of the Top Task framework, the author of several books and his relentless focus on helping organizations become more customer centric on the Web.

Recently his focus has shifted to sustainability with his most recent book titled World Wide Waste. Gerry is based in Ireland and also our expert of the month.