Tariq Al-Olaimy

(he/him)

Bahrain

Co-founder of a global ecosystem of social and planetary systems initiatives, including:

3BL Associates, a people + planet systems transformation consultancy
Diversity on Board, promoting human inclusion and interspecies equity on boards across MENA
Public-Planet Partnerships, a framework facilitating regenerative inter-species collaborations
Recipes for Wellbeing, supporting the systemic wellbeing of changemaking organizations
FutureFaith, harnessing the wisdom of spiritual traditions to reimagine solutions for climate and nature
Postgrowth.earth, a knowledge base for post-growth social innovation

Tariq is among the first 100 certified Biomimicry Specialists globally, with an academic background spanning investment and financial risk management, degrowth and post-growth economics, exponential innovation, and spiritual ecology. Tariq has held advisory, ambassador, board, and co-chair roles with the World Economic Forum Foundations, Global Shapers Community, UNESCO, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, Carboun, EAT, and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.

As an Ubuntu peer peace coach and community leader, Tariq brings over a decade of experience within international faith and climate movements. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Faith in Action and advises and collaborates with organizations, including the G20 Global Land Initiative and Greenpeace MENA on engaging faith communities in climate action and ecosystem restoration.

Tariq has conducted trainings and workshops across six continents, reaching over 140 nationalities. His work has been featured in The New York Times, TED, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and Stanford Social Innovation Review. He hosted the Dubai Expo 2020 ‘People and Planet’ Podcast and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), with multiple global awards for projects advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Thematic Areas

Wellbeing and Wholebeing
Values-Based Leadership
Economic Systems Change
Biomimicry and Multi-Species Simulations
Social Innovation

Testimonials

“It was Magic.”

— Participant in a CXC Summit

“The activities were fluent and fully inclusive . I didn't even noticed the time passing!”

— Participant in a CXC Summit

”I have never seen such an amazing ability to combine well-being and intentional networking at the same time. It is beautiful how our feelings and intentions were always set up for the activity we wanted to do. I did not feel any form of stress or pressure to reach out. The harmony created allowed an easy flow of collaborative abilities through fun activities. I think it was really important that we were at the same place during the entire duration and were able to add bonding moments with work activities. That strengthened our ability to collaborate.”

— Participant in a CXC Summit