Max James

Marketing • design • Circular Economy

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About Me

Business Is My Passion

Design, marketing and innovation professional with experience developing and implementing strategies for global brands. Featured in Fast Company’s ‘Most Creative People’ and keynote speaker at the Product Innovation Congress, San Diego 2014. Highly adaptive, strategic and innovative leader with a strong systems-focused approach to solving problems. With a decade of professional business experience driving growth in companies, Max James takes a customer-centric approach that employs design thinking and customer development. A thought leader and blogger on the Circular Economy, Max helps brands make products that are efficient, regenerative and less damaging to the environment.. Continue Reading →

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About Me

Business is my passion

I have found that a successful businesses relies on three essentials: a deep knowledge of the customer, an amazing product and a robust plan carried out by a capable team. As an expert in marketing, design and strategy I have be able to successfully drive growth.

I thrive when the answers are unknown—when the development and implementation of an elegant solution is required. This is when my creative, analytical and observant mind is at it’s best.

More recently I have been expanding my interests in Circular Economy and Human Centered Design principals as a way to improve products, increase revenue and build healthier organizations. My Blog, Brilliantly Made is a point of discovery for these types of products and a conversation into how to build a brighter future.

Notable Achievements

Won Santa Barbara Startup Weekend 2013
Keynote Speaker for the 2013 Product Innovation Conference hosted by P.I., a CIO-led learning community for manufacturers in San Diego
Featured in Fast Company’s “Most Creative People” for COO of Next Mover
Launched an outdoor search fund with: Casey Sheahan (former CEO at Patagonia), Helen Rockey (former CEO of Brooks) and Zohar Ziv (former COO of Deckers Brands)

Industries

Skills + Abilities

Blog

Brilliantly Made

Patagonia Is Leading The Re-Commerce Evolution With Worn Wear

Open Sourced: Plastic Waste Into Custom Products

Thinking Beyond The Box: What Every Brand Should Do

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Rothy’s Is Setting A New Standard For Circular Economy Footwear

Personal Blog

Featured

Next Level Of Human Centered Design

A review of a Fast Company article that inspired me to look at design through a totally new perspective: How designing for people with disabilities creates extreme design constraints that result in some of the most intuitive products for the masses.

Corporate Innovation: Thinking Outside The Box

New ideas are delicate and valuable resources. Like freshly sprouting plant life, new ideas are vulnerable and need space to grow and iterate.

A Trend Toward Local Production

Today more than ever, consumers want to make a difference in the world, and are doing so by selectively consuming products that reflect their personal values. This new consumer is more socially and environmentally conscious....

Rebirth of the Craftsman

We are transitioning into a Renaissance period led by highly skilled craftsmen who are creating unique, quality products. This is coupled with a consumer who values quality and utility over cheap, temporary product.

Reimagining The Internet

A new era of the Internet is upon us. It is one that connects us, rather than isolates us from our experience of the physical world through the use of apps and integrated hardware.

Ideas On Disrupting The Outdoor Industry

The outdoor industry is on the fringes of disruption, as millennials seek new ways to experience the outdoors. We ( the millennial generation) are interested in living a rich life, full of diverse experiences...