About
Dr. Jeffrey Overall is a social entrepreneur. He is a former tenured professor of entrepreneurship and strategy. For nearly a decade, he worked across six international business schools in four countries. He takes research beyond journals and into public life.
He held faculty appointments in Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom, including Ontario Tech, Nipissing, Toronto Metropolitan University, Leibniz Universität Hannover and the University of Bradford School of Management. He earned tenure at Ontario Tech in 2020. He holds a B.Comm (Hons), an MBA and a Ph.D. in decision-making. He has been working with entrepreneurs for over 20 years.
He has published more than 60 scholarly and professional works, including nearly 40 peer-reviewed articles. His research covers strategy, entrepreneurship, leadership and workplace mental health. He co-led the research on HeARTwork: Advancing Women in Leadership, a three-year, $1 million Government of Canada project. He worked with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) on leadership and workforce wellbeing, which began his over 15 years of studying mental health in the workplace.
The Global Institute for Conscious Economics, a social enterprise co-founded by Dr. Overall, convened leaders from government, business, academia, media and civil society. Its Future of Work Series launched in Toronto with President Barack Obama and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau as keynote speakers, for an audience of 6,000. The organization created various knowledge mobilization projects across film, media, music, academia, and live events. Mindfulness & Money, peer-reviewed research, led to Canada’s first national financial wellness and leadership-focused mindfulness initiative for underserved youth, which received corporate sponsorship. He also co-founded the Climate Solutions Park, which began at York University and later moved into the Rural Urban Learning Association, a registered Canadian charity, where he served as Treasurer.
He has supported knowledge-mobilization work with Columbia University’s Mental Health Initiative, Bishop’s University and Algoma University. His work reaches the public through film, animation, graphic novels, music and live events.