Simon Sparks Email & Phone Number

Berkhamsted, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

About ThrivalThrival is a consultancy that partners with People and Talent teams to create workplaces where everyone can thrive. Our unique coaching philosophy—"Better Me + Better You = Better Us"—is designed to complement and enhance the strategic goals of modern People and Talent teams. We believe that when individuals grow, teams excel, and organisations succeed.Our approach is rooted in the belief that personal development and collective growth are interconnected. We work closely with organizations to build strong, cohesive teams that are aligned with their strategic vision. By focusing on self-awareness, real-time feedback, and continuous improvement, we help teams develop the skills needed to foster a culture of collaboration and high performance.Thrival offers practical tools and coaching programs tailored to the specific needs of each organization rooted in the latest studies and data in neuroscience and organisational psychology. We provide support in areas such as leadership development, talent strategy, and employee engagement, ensuring that People and Talent teams are equipped to drive meaningful change and achieve long-term success

Consulting People Talent and Culture Strategies - L&D strategy - Senior Leadership Performance Management- Leadership Coaching- Talent road mapping- Management training

I’m taking sometime out to explore and experiment with some programs and training courses. Don’t hesitate to drop me a line

As People Partner of Europe, reporting to the US HQ I was responsible for executing and on the People roadmap in the Mythical Europe org including Mythical UK (formerly Polystream and Short Round), and additional future acquisitions and new sites in Europe, acting as point of contact and council to the directors and their teams. Partnering closely with People Business Partners, Leaders and including Talent Acquisition to align on key processes, programs and initiatives

Guildford, United Kingdom

Polystream’s metaverse is the successor to the modern internet; an interoperable virtual experience, where users can move around, access content, and interact much like they do in the physical realm. This is made possible thanks to Polystream’s groundbreaking command streaming technology that instantly delivers everything required for outstanding 3D consumer entertainment experience and unprecedented business productivity.Polystream is the ONLY platform making the metaverse real.Employee no.21 and first and only hands-on Talent and People Leader, building and designing Talent and People strategies, roadmaps, systems, tools, and processes from scratch. Key part of the senior leadership team during the growth stage and reporting directly to the CEO.- Consultant to the CEO/founders on all People, Talent, Culture, Development, and Wellbeing strategies.- Redesigning the interview process to make it more values-driven, work-related, engaging, and collaborative for a candidate-first approach. - Owned pre and post-Series A People Roadmap (20 - 40 people) everything from Employer Branding to DEI strategy.- Designed and owned the People Roadmap strategy for post-Series B (50 -150). - Introduced Hiring Metrics to make more informed Data Driven decisions around the short and long term Hiring Strategies - Implemented ATS (workable), and HRS (Charlie HR).- Designed and owned JFM(job family matrix), which was a career progression, performance, and salary benchmarking tool.- Owned monthly company-wide retrospectives, designed our own people data analytics system - Mentored & coached senior VPs and Directors managing high-performance teams.- Drove and owned well-being practices, career development, and company values.

London, United Kingdom

We are trailblazers in a new and exciting genre of gaming.Splendy Interactive is a hybrid of a games developer and movie production company producing innovative and ground-breaking entertainment.The name Splendy is made up from two names, Sparks and Plendy – aka Simon Sparks and Allan Plenderleith, creators and producers of exciting and original content.In 2014, Splendy Interactive were one of the winners in The Big App Fund competition run by Worth Capital and sponsored by Facebook and Seedrs.Allan and Simon with developer Jason Stewart produced the world’s first fully interactive movie, The Hunting, a ground-breaking app movie featuring or the first time full interaction with a live action environment. The app has had over 1 million downloads on the iTunes App Store in since November 2013.We currently have a number of projects in pre-production, I'd love to hear from any potential investors and games developers.

London, England, United Kingdom

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