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John Body is The founding partner of ThinkPlace, a global strategic design consultancy.Since founding ThinkPlace in 2005, John has overseen its growth to today with almost 200 people in eight countries driving hundreds of successful projects. John is the Chair of ThinkPlace Global, an association of the eight ThinkPlace companies. John drives the coherent vision and culture across the studios that unites and differentiates ThinkPlace. ThinkPlace is a recognised global leader designing positive futures that work for all – people, planet and prosperous organisations.Driven to drive change towards the UNs sustainable development goals.John, along with the company he leads, is driven to make positive impact. The compass for this impact is the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. ThinkPlace has worked across all 17 goals. John is particularly passionate about addressing climate and biodiversity challenges while simultaneously ensuring social inequalities are reduced. John mobilises governments, businesses and non government organisations to play their part in creating positive futures.A global practitioner and pioneer of collaborative strategic design.John pioneered the convergence of systems thinking and design thinking twenty years ago when he was a senior executive at the Australian Taxation Office. John continues to grow the depth and breadth of design in the context of complex systems. John applies this thinking in projects as diverse as wide scale nutrition in several high need countries (Nigeria, India, Indonesia, Rwanda, Kenya, Nepal), healthcare in Ghana, regulation in Australia, financial inclusion in Kenya, transport in Singapore, renewable energy in Australia, homelessness in New Zealand, Indigenous conditions in the US and revenue collection in New Zealand, ThinkPlace works on challenges that matter to the whole community, economy and environment.An expert in the behaviour of complex adaptive systems.John has a Masters in Chaos and Complexity theory. John’s particular expertise is in strategy, where he works with CEOs, boards, senior executive teams and across organisations. John works with diverse stakeholders, bringing leaders together to stretch their views of the world, imagine possible futures, design strategic responses and to mobilise larger ecosystems for scale.A regenerative agriculture graduate and practitioner.A graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.A passionate learner, extensive reader and pragmatist.The author of several books, book chapters and papers.