In this episode, I invited Jacqueline Lim, who is an advisor, facilitator and coach working with individuals and organisations to think and operate more at the systems level, and is passionate about unleashing potential for creating positive change in the world. She specializes in designing strategies and programs for deeper awareness, connection and impact, and is adept on topics ranging from sensemaking in complexity, business models for systems change, and systems leadership. Follow her on Twitter here.
She leads on the Collective Impact program at She Leads Change - a community and movement of wholehearted leaders co-creating a better future for all. She is also actively part of the project team at Liminal - a collective intelligence community - working with organisations including the Newton Fund (UK) and the Technology Innovation Agency (South Africa).
The next She Leads Change Leading Collective Impact programme begins on 23 September, and is themed on diversity, inclusion and equity.If you are looking for a safe, peer-based place to learn how to enable a more systemic, multi-stakeholder response to challenges related to this theme, and grow in confidence, purpose and authenticity as a leader leading collective change - this programme might be for you. Find out more about the programme here. Women (and their colleagues) are welcome to apply.
As an independent advisor, Jacqueline has collaborated and worked with organisations including SustainAzores, the Finance Innovation Lab, B Lab Europe and Apolitical. She is also part of the Expert Group on SDG Investments in Cities convened by the UN Global Compact and the OECD.
Her experience includes 7 years in the Singapore Government where Jacqueline was a Government Scholar and worked on social policy, and a further 8 years at Volans, an acclaimed London-based think tank and advisory firm operating at the forefront of sustainable development led by John Elkington. There, she worked directly with Fortune 500 companies to pioneer sustainable approaches to innovation and value creation, and led numerous multi-sector initiatives involving business, innovative start-ups and city officials - including with the UN Global Compact and Innovate UK.
Jacqueline has written for Fast Company and other publications and speaks regularly at global conferences. She is trained in methodologies including the Three Horizons model by the International Futures Forum, and is a trained “Organisational and Relationship Systems” coach. She holds an MBA from the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.
