My education

I consider myself a dream-driven lifelong learner. Every day, I explore a wide range of topics, from economics, AI, politics, and energy to personal development and astrophysics, guided by a clear purpose: to live more fully and help solve personal, organizational, and global challenges.

I earned a degree in Business Administration from ESADE in Barcelona and completed a semester at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

I have completed 25 certifications in climate change, sustainability, and public policy advocacy, and I pursued a Master’s in International Relations and Environmental Policy at IBEI.

My experience

I am a speaker, writer, professor of sustainability and corporate purpose at ESADE Business School, and the founder of Interabundia.

I help people and organizations connect their purpose with a global perspective and turn it into strategy and action. I am especially interested in how individuals, organizations, and institutions can respond to the defining challenges of our time with more clarity, responsibility, and hope.

Interabundia is where all of it converges: the result of twenty years addressing the same question, how do we build a better world. First through imagination, anime, and superheroes. Then through diplomacy, purpose-driven companies, academia, and public outreach. In Interabundia I offer a transformative, visionary perspective on humanity's greatest challenges, and on how each of us can help build a better life.

Its first public piece is Interabundia: A new world, a novel about humanity uniting to solve its greatest challenges and how that transformation begins within us. A #1 bestseller in the artificial intelligence category on Amazon.

At ESADE I designed and teach Sustainability Frameworks and Corporate Purpose, a core course in the Bachelor in Transformational Leadership and Social Impact.

My background spans international cooperation, corporate sustainability, public policy, and entrepreneurship: social consulting in Guatemala, Spain's Diplomatic Representation to the OSCE, and the United Nations Climate Change Conference. During five years at B Lab Spain I worked on B Corp certification, standards, and advocacy, coordinating certification for more than 300 companies across 70 industries and co-leading efforts to advance Spain's legal framework for purpose-driven companies.

Before Interabundia I founded Optimistikus, a channel devoted to exploring global challenges with optimism.

I welcome speaking opportunities, collaborations, and thoughtful conversations around purpose, sustainability, and humanity's future.

Milestones

OSCE, United Nations, Congress of Deputies, Youth Representative of Spain, Professor in MBAs

Connecting Purpose with Humanity’s Biggest Challenges

Turning ideas into solutions for people and organizations

joan alexander olivella

Speaker | Professor | Advisor | Writer

contact@joanalexanderolivella.com