Dr. John Paling

1. Early Days & Education

John started out at a small state primary school in England, graduated from that to a 500-year old grammar school and then moved to the University of Birmingham where he blossomed both socially and academically.

2. Oxford - Lecturing & Filming

John’s first career was as a junior professor of biology teaching at the University of Oxford. While there, he co-founded a pioneering wildlife film-making company that enabled him to travel the world, documenting spectacular miracles of nature.

3. Professional Keynote Speaker

John always welcomes the opportunity to share the wonders of nature with people of all backgrounds. He became known internationally for delivering entertaining presentations on a variety of business, medical, and risk topics but enriched by including short movie sequences as metaphors to support his messages.

4. Researching Slavery In America

John has totally flunked retirement! About a decade ago, he started to decipher a trove of original letters written by Thomas Jackson, an English abolitionist living in USA during the American civil war. These proved to be so valuable that they are now housed in the Library of Congress.

See https://thomasjacksonletters.com.

5. The Risk Communication Institute

Working for US Environmental Protection Agency lead John to develop simple new visual aids to enhance public understanding of risks and benefits. As a result, he founded The Risk Communication Institute, that covers a wide variety of perceived threats including reputational risks.

6. The Environmental Institute

When threats to the environmental become widely recognized, it was natural that businesses and governmental agencies looked to a qualified biologist and proven presenter and to teach and advise them. This was the stimulus for John founding The Environmental Institute, an organization involving both environmentalists and businesses.

7. The Final Act

John is a 20th century man living in a 21st century world! But he is still active in pioneering projects including Reputational Risk initiatives to restore responsible behaviors towards clients as an antidote to uncaring and frustrating digital dealings. In addition, he is still lecturing on a variety of topics and supporting students from challenging backgrounds.