ABOUT HEMINGWAY
Fighting the Good Fight
Improving population mental health is the greatest challenge of our time.
We exist to support the people building a mentally healthier future.
WHY WE EXIST
Supporting the change makers
OUR VISION
A world in which fewer people suffer from mental illness.
Improving population mental health is the greatest challenge of our time.
Hundreds of millions of people live with mental disorders. This can have a huge impact on their lives, impacting their ability to function, work, socialise and find fulfilment. Unfortunately, population mental health is trending in the wrong direction.
Unless we find better ways to prevent, identify and treat these disorders, these trends will continue. We need a better understanding of mental illness. We need new treatments. We need new models of care and new ways to fund them. While the field of mental health has come a long way, we still have a lot to do.
As it always does, this change will come from a group of passionate, talented people who take on this challenge. Hemingway exists to support those people. Our job is to give them the knowledge and community that will make their job easier. To help them in their fight to create a mentally healthier world.
FOUNDER & CEO
Steve Duke
Steve started Hemingway in 2023 to improve mental health outcomes by accelerating impactful innovation. Three years on, he is the Editor of The Hemingway Report and host of The Hemingway Community. He believes that change comes when a group of passionate, talented people align behind a shared goal, and his work at Hemingway aims to support that global change in mental health.
Before Hemingway, Steve worked at McKinsey & Company and as an executive at a fintech and a healthtech company. He has lived experience of mental health, having lived with OCD as a child and is deeply passionate about helping people live a life free from mental illness.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Take the work seriously
Behind the funding rounds and policy debates, real people are struggling. We take the responsibility of improving population mental health seriously, and that is reflected in our work.
Tell the truth
We stick closely to the evidence and place a high value on truth-seeking.
Be brave
We investigate uncomfortable questions, challenge assumptions and back promising ideas, even if they might fail.
Be kind
We realise that life is hard, and everyone has their own battles to fight. We assume benign intent and choose the kindest action wherever we can.
