Mimi Nicklin is an internationally bestselling author, award-winning keynote speaker, and the visionary founder & CEO of Empathy Everywhere, the world's leading organisational empathy training and engagement platform. A top 5 rated podcast host, Mimi is on an mission to reconnect 1 million people by 2028 and was recently ranked as the #1 Workplace Well-being leader in Malaysia by Favikon.

Her debut book, Softening The Edge, became an instant global bestseller, pioneering the fusion of storytelling and corporate insight to address the 30-year global empathy deficit and its profound impact on workplaces. Building on this success, she authored Empathy at Work, tailored specifically for the Indian business context, which sold over 1000 copies in its first few weeks. She is now set to release The Connection Prescription in April 2025 from the USA, exploring connectivity and belonging as keys to longevity in life, business, and health.

Mimi's influence extends across media platforms, with recent live appearances on the BBC to 85 million viewers live. Her insights are frequently featured in leading publications, including the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The Independent, Vogue, Nokia, CEO Today, NBC and HMR Asia, and she appears weekly across nationwide TV and radio shows in Asia, the Gulf and beyond.

Specialising in Listening-Led Leadership, Psychological Safety, and Multigenerational Leadership & Inclusion, Mimi has trained over 18,500 professionals in Fortune 500 organisations globally. Her client portfolio includes industry giants such as Coca-Cola, Unilever, Standard Chartered, Stellantis, DP World, Cisco, Aditya Birla, Pfizer, Capgemini, Gitex, Daraz (Alibaba), the European Union, The Metropolitan Police Service UK, and the governments of Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Dubai.

Mimi was honoured as Malaysian Female Leader 2024 and named among the Top 45 Sri Lankan Leaders 2024. Her dedication to balancing humanism with capitalism drives her mission to reconnect corporate environments, one organisation and audience at a time.

With a charismatic and infectiously passionate stage presence, Mimi dedicates her time to delivering keynotes and workshops worldwide. Her sessions, tailored to cultural and organisational contexts, focus on transformational emotional intelligence and leadership skills, communication excellence and conflict resolution. She has a 98% excellence score and deep loyalty with her clients and audiences - which has expanded to reach 1,700,000 people so far in 2025 alone.

Mimi's passion, energy and authenticity make her a sought-after speaker and thought leader, inspiring change in how we engage, communicate, connect and lead in the modern world.

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