Carlos Simpson is a London-based entrepreneur, practitioner-researcher, strategic designer, executive mentor-coach, public speaker and author. He is Founder & CEO of BE(YOU)FULL CIC and the founder of CARLOS SIMPSON Design Studio.
His interdisciplinary work examines identity, human development, leadership, agency, creativity, and the human implications of artificial intelligence. Across research, design, mentoring, coaching and writing, he explores how people construct identity, exercise judgement, make decisions and retain human agency within changing social, organisational and technological environments.
Carlos graduated with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design from the University of the West of England, Bristol, and undertook an early professional placement at Neville Brody’s Research Studios in London. His design practice has included work connected with organisations and brands including Selfridges, Ted Baker, Ben Sherman and Oxfam.
His current research and professional practice bring together human development, executive leadership, mentoring and coaching, strategic design and responsible engagement with artificial intelligence. He is particularly interested in identity construction, reflective practice, agency, decision-making and the conditions that enable people and organisations to develop deliberately rather than reactively.
His publications include Politics Design: The Power of Political Stamps, Sketchbook: A Survival Guide, You Make Your Rights, Signs of Fingerprints: The Art of Handwriting, and Portraits of the Self and Fingerprints. His broader writing and research examines the relationship between identity, communication, power, creativity, culture and human development.
Through BE(YOU)FULL, his research, and his professional practice, Carlos develops frameworks intended to translate interdisciplinary thinking into practical approaches for leaders, organisations, educators and individuals navigating complexity and change.
From My 2020 Lockdown Project by Carlos Simpson – a visual study of identity, creativity and perception developed during the 2020 lockdown.
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