Lea Jovy

The journey of self-discovery is an ongoing evolution toward who we’re becoming and, in my experience, it’s underpinned by the need for radical clarity and honesty about where we’ve been and a bold vision for where we’re going. This is what I’ve learned on my journey so far…

The Personal Evolution

We are all a product of our past and an architect of our future. My evolution has been shaped by adoption, motherhood, career transformations, coming out at 39 and over two decades of entrepreneurship – but more importantly, it’s been guided by an unwavering belief that we get to consciously design what comes next.

Current Iteration:

Name: Lea (pronounced Lee-UH, not Lee)- though my birth mother’s original choice was Jovy (hence my surname).

Heritage: Filipina, born in Hong Kong, adopted by English parents who had 7 days to prepare for my arrival.

Identity: Gender fluid/gender free—because the future of identity is self-determined, and at any given moment, I’m simply… me

Parental Evolution: Single parent to Milo and Samson, pioneering home education from birth and redefining co-parenting with their father who lives 5 hours away from them.

Relationship Future: Gay – it took me 39 years and 22 years in a hetero relationship before finally feeling brave enough to come out, and then step into this authentic version of myself.

Operating Principles: Freedom • Integrity • Excellence • Adaptability

Personality Architecture:

Myers Briggs: ENTJ (The Commander, naturally future-focused)

Fascinate System: The Victor

Human Design: Manifestor (literally built to create new realities)

Physical Specs: 5 foot 1.5 inches (the 0.5 inch is important!)

The Work Evolution

My career trajectory has been a process of reinvention, iteration and the drive to keep building towards tomorrow…

Phase 1: Corporate Foundation (Pre-2003)

Started at Accenture, one of the world’s largest consulting firms, working with clients like BT, Vodafone, and Compaq. Built essential skills but knew early on it wasn’t ever going to be my longer term career path; I absolutely did not want to be like the partners I saw at the top of the tree above me.

Phase 2: The Great Pivot (2003)

When my mum died unexpectedly, I made a radical decision to design a completely different life. Left consulting to become a holistic health coach. Invested over £10,000 in qualifications, only to discover that even the “perfect” future plans need recalibration. I hated actually training people. DUH. Sometimes the path forward requires an honest assessment of what doesn’t fit!

Phase 3: The Entrepreneurial Renaissance (2004-Present)

Nearly two decades of building businesses that didn’t just solve today’s problems, but anticipated a different kind of future…

Future-Forward Ventures included:

• Location Independent: Predicted and created the global remote work & digital nomad movement back in 2005, long before it was mainstream – my work caught international media attention and big brand’s interest.
• Zero2Illo: Saw the future need for illustrator community building and organised the first UK national conferences for illustrators.
• Omnis Education: Co-founded a US-based company by anticipating the educational transformation gap during Covid – raised $0.5m and grew the team from 3 to 30+ in 3 months; increased the company valuation to $10m within 2 years and attended the World Economic Forum in 2022 to present our vision for ‘doing education differently’.
• Multiple Innovations: From Rescue Desk (anticipating small business tech overwhelm) to Startup Training School (foreseeing the DIY web development & online tech skills needed by women entrepreneurs).
• Mission Equality CIC: My current organisation with a lofty goal – to build an alternative system to capitalism that we call equalism. Read more about our work here →

The Human Future Philosophy

Here’s what two decades of building tomorrow has taught me: The future isn’t something that happens to us, it’s something we actively and intentionally create for ourselves.

And the most powerful futures aren’t built by trying to predict technology or markets, but by understanding our own evolving human experience. We’re living through an intense transformation in human history…Work is being redefined. Identity is more fluid. Geography is becoming less (though sometimes even more) relevant. Traditional structures are being questioned and rebuilt.

My approach integrates:

• Strategic logic with intuitive foresight.
• Spiritual awareness with practical future-building.
• Creative problem-solving for challenges that don’t exist yet.
• A very British accent that seems to travel well into global regions!

Recognition & Platform

My work has been acknowledged across major platforms:

Featured In: Financial Times, BBC Click, The Guardian (multiple sections), La Repubblica, Cosmopolitan, Sydney Morning Herald, Fast Company, Mixergy and listed in Forbes’ “Thirty Women Entrepreneurs to Follow”.

Published In: Forbes, Time, Inc Magazine.

Book Features: Escape from Cubicle Nation, Screw Work Let’s Play, The 9-to-5 Cure, She Takes on the World, Be A Free Range Human.

Speaking Engagements: From Dubrovnik to Dubai, sharing insights on building businesses for tomorrow’s world.

The Human Future Work

At Mission Equality, I help others design their own ‘human futures’ by building organisations that serve tomorrow’s humans, not yesterday’s flawed systems. I am also building a network of Teen Incubators, preparing our children to thrive in a world they can also change.

Here at LeaJovy.com, I work with visionaries who understand that the biggest opportunities lie not in solving today’s problems with today’s solutions, but in building bridges to the world we’re co-creating and the world we want to see.

What makes this work unique:

• Combining two decades of entrepreneurial experience with future-focused thinking.
• Understanding both the human element and the systemic changes reshaping everything.
• Having lived through multiple reinventions and built businesses across technological and cultural shifts.
• Seeing patterns others miss because I’ve been building tomorrow for 20+ years.

The Human Future We’re Building

The future I’m helping create is more human, not less. It’s where:

• Work serves life, not the other way around.
• Identity is self-determined and fluid.
• Geography expands rather than limits opportunity.
• Organisations solve human problems with human values.
• Success is measured by fulfillment and impact, not just metrics.

Ready to design your human future? Let’s build it together.

This evolution is ongoing. Follow me on Instagram as I continue building toward the ‘ever more human’ version of myself – and the world – that’s still becoming.