A Creative Adventure  

About Lawrence Chong 

Lawrence serves as the Group CEO of Consulus and MD for DesignFutures Venture. A 2 Time TEDx speaker and global keynote speaker on innovation and design. Since 2020 he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve on the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.

Consulus is a global innovation by design firm serving leaders, companies, and cities in their transformation to shape a better world. Consulus is an Economy of Communion enterprise founded in Singapore in 2004, now present in 16 cities from the Americas, Asia, and Europe. A global speaker, he has spoken at conferences such as Innovation by Design, World Marketing Summit, TEDx and in 30 cities such as Sao Paolo, Melbourne on innovation, business design, and the Economy of Communion.

Lawrence also serves as Managing Director for DesignFutures Venture, an investment holdings firm based out of Singapore with book-end presence in both Singapore and Sarawak, seeks to accelerate the future economy of Sarawak in partnership with the best minds and global capital of Singapore to impact a better future.

His quotes appear in regional media such as Nikkei Asian Review, Fortune and his thoughts on innovation and strategy are widely followed on LinkedIn with 300,000 followers. He serves as the Distinguished Fellow for Global Economy at the Washington Institute for Business, Government, and Society. He teaches a leadership course about Holistic Leadership at Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He is the Co-convenor of the Economy of Communion Asia Pacific. He is also a member of the Presidential Advisory Council at Design Business Chamber Singapore. Active in interreligious dialogue, he was appointed by Pope Francis in 2020 to serve as Consultor on the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

MEDIA
My insights on innovation, business, and design appear in Fortune, Nikkei Asian Review, Business Insider, Today, etc

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Since 2003, I have spoken to more than 20,000 people in over 30 countries on how companies can innovate through unity and shape the world.

CALLING
This has been a most improbable journey as I wanted to be a Catholic priest. I have since understood the purpose of this calling, and it has been an incredible adventure. I am influenced by ideas from the Focolare, a global movement committed to building a united world

NON-PROFIT
I am passionate about shaping a new economic system hence my involvement in the Economy of Communion and remain involved in interreligious work serving as Consultor on the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue