Art Stewart is a futurist, corporate strategist, writer, speaker and educator. His thought leadership focuses on the political, cultural, economic, and sociological dynamics at the convergence of traditional business, new stakeholder empowerment, and public interest values. He has thirty years of experience across the spectrum of his profession and is Director of Corporate Development at Maine Pointe, LLC a global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Mass. For 19 years until July 2012, he headed his own independent consulting firm also based in Boston. As an educator, he is presently teaching the undergraduate edition of a curriculum he developed in corporate and social responsibility at Emerson College, and is a Research Fellow at the Bentley University Center for Business Ethics. Art writes and speaks widely on the ‘New Responsibility Paradigm’, a strategic analytical framework he developed which focuses on the transformation to greater accountability, transparency, authenticity, competency, and leadership integrity across society. As a highly-experienced strategy consultant for a diverse range of organizations and enterprises, he has helped disruptive innovators successfully execute their go-to-market strategies, guided bricks and mortar corporate organizations in transitioning their business models, assisted non-profit and cause related institutions in modernizing their competitive capabilities, and supported senior executives in building their public leadership platforms to advance their agendas. He has a long history as a trusted advisor to senior executives and their leadership teams, convening and facilitating a range of individual and group interactions – including Board retreats, trainings, and strategic planning workshops. Art earned a mid-career Master’s in Policy Management from Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute as well as a postgraduate certificate in Senior Executive Leadership, also from Georgetown. He holds an undergraduate degree in Mass Communications from Emerson College and has completed “Dealing with an Angry Public,” with the MIT-Harvard Law School Public Disputes and Negotiation Program. His professional achievements have earned Art inclusion in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Business & Finance, and Who's Who in the Media & Communications.
Byline Articles
"Family Brand Competitiveness in the Post-Meltdown World", Massachusetts Family Business magazine (2012)
As the global economy shifts, family enterprises need to focus on their competitive durability and...
Blog Article: "Family Business Evolution in a Transforming Competitive Landscape", Family Business Wiki (2012)
At the onset of the economic crisis in 2008 and through much of its cascade...
"Scandalous Leadership and Organization Culture: A Theme Runs Through It", Business Ethics magazine (2011)
It’s been quite a field day for those of us engaged in the responsibility “business”...
"Raising the Credibility Quotient of Responsible Leadership", Business Ethics magazine (2011)
It’s a maxim you’ve likely heard repeated enough through the years that it became a...
"Corporate and Social Responsibility: The Changing Context for Marketing Communications Practice", Journal of Integrated Marketing Communications (2011)
As corporate organizations across the spectrum of industry, markets and cultures grapple with the unrelenting...
Unpublished Papers
Nonprofits at the Crossroad: Embrace Change, Learn to Compete, Graduate Program; Georgetown University Public Policy Institute (2005)
The tide of continuous change brought on by the impact of a global marketplace is...
Re-Claiming Authentic Leadership for Nonprofit Sustainability, Graduate Program; Georgetown University Public Policy Institute (2005)
In the past few years, we have witnessed stunning examples of great - and greatly...