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Bio

Social Entrepreneur | Public Speaker Founder & CEO of ‘The Social Innovation Company’ TYX Design Group

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👋Social Innovation APAC
👋Social Innovation Global Trends
👋How to design for Social Impact?
👋Social Innovation Taiwan
👋Green Tech: Fashion, Food, Smart Cities
👋Future of Education

Specializing in consumer behavior within APAC.

📍: Taipei, Taiwan (current location)

“Social innovation is solving the ecosystems most pressing problems through technology, empathy, inventiveness and play”

🌏 Areas of focus:
Impact Investing, Design Thinking, Sustainable Smart Cities, Circular Economy, Future of Food, Future of Education, Green Tech and Sustainable Fashion.

🤝 Representing: FashRev Taiwan, Food Hack Taipei

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Cultural influences - raised in: South Africa, United States, Holland, Taiwan, Australia, South Korea and Germany

I speak: English, 中文

Work: (APAC) Social innovation consultant (ESG, SDGs, CSR) Builder & Bridger between academia, corporations, SME and R&D.

✍🏻 I teach: Design Thinking, Life Design, Business Design For Impact, Circular economy, Sustainable Fashion, Biomimicry and system thinking / design.

🌞 Passion Project: Perspective Coaching, Design Therapy & Life Design

✍🏻 Notable Skills: Public Speaking, Business Development, Curation, Event Planning, Creative Direction and Curriculum Development.

Founded: 👀
2021: Future Burger Festival 🍔🌏🌱 (Coming Soon) #FoodSecurity

2020: Festival 20/20
Empowering Sustainable Smart City Initiatives through Open Data. #PartnershipForTheGoals

W.I.S.E: Women In Social Entrepreneurship (Inspiring through female lead business ventures & leadership.) #WomenEmpowerment

2018: The Ethical Fashion Hub | Bespoke fashion innovation pop ups in APAC + Consultancy + Workshops included. #WasteInnovation #GreenTech

Tuck Shop 008: Snacks & stuff | Food security social design movement. 100% Plant Based. 🌱

Social Impact 300: Combating Micro Plastics through sustainable fashion (Taiwan)

2017: Tong Yi Xin Design Group | The Social Innovation Company (Full Funnel Consultancy & Strategy).

The Design Thinking Kids: Social Entrepreneurship & Personal Development for children 9-14 (Previously 9-12). #FutureOfEducation

2013: TOTES & TEES | Design Therapy & Sustainable Goods
(Design Thinking Social Enterprise). #FutureOfEducation

📮 DM for collaborations, public speaking and media partnerships.

LinkedIn: /the.social.innovation.consultant