Joseph Tenzin Oliver is a social entrepreneur, from building innovation agencies to advising on megacity development, he has been shaping our world since 2006.
Biography
“‘The Environmental Trailblazer’”
Joseph has dedicated his life to influencing and designing new business practices that improve humanitarian and ecological practices.
His work spans various industries covering three continents; Europe, China and the USA. He lived in China for six years, where he founded a strategic innovation consultancy known for its leading expertise in China’s current and future trends and sustainable lifestyles.
He has also advised on sustainable and smart planning for various cities, including London, and represented the regional and national government of the UK as one of the leading creative innovators of his generation.
He has won numerous awards consistently pushing the boundaries of professional practice and providing breakthrough experiences. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, the British Council appointed him a Leading Light, the London Sustainable Development Commission awarded him the position of London Leader, and he is an alumnus of world-renowned Central Saint Martins, Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and Cambridge University. He studied Gross National Happiness with the government of Bhutan and was a board member of the UK-China Partnership Innovation Challenge Fund and the Green Meetings Industry Council.
He teaches meditation, mentors emerging entrepreneurs, and regularly takes part-time courses as diverse as Theory U at MIT or ‘How to Build Neural Networks’. Joseph has supported various charities and causes with pro bono work and donations. He is an unceasing optimist about the potential for changing ourselves and our external world for the better.