The Ripples of Unfiltered Joy
About Joy
Solving problems has always been easy, effective, and ethical for me and only possible when they (and the humans involved) are taken out of the paradigm they were created in.
This is where I create space where all the angles of the structural model and its gaps can be seen
There’s always a human-based structure underneath the problems and patterns that reflect the sociological context of its long-term impact.
Solving from this perspective yields sustainability of the spirit, application of purpose, and resourcefulness of profit.
I do not recreate the best of the past but instead, worlds beyond what most people dare to envision.
Joy Osaka-Lu
Founder | Enigma Solutionist | Speaker
For 34 years in Corporate America, I optimized ways to solve pervasive, sticky problems that people avoided…without compromising my integrity.
I fulfilled my purpose while figuring out how to unwind the patterns and problems that entrapped my colleagues in voicelessness, inefficiency, and overworking that had a bottom line benefit….all with grace.
These universal aspects of business fluency and profit apply regardless of the industry, sector, or business division.
Throughout my career, my outcomes built an enigmatic reputation of achievement, mystery, and fun without shaming, blaming or judging the situation that was solutioned.
I excelled in operations, marketing, systems development, and regulatory compliance as a project lead, business case developer, technical writer, consultant, and systems analyst…
…even as an Asian American woman in mature industries (global finance, investment management) that had unintentionally become whitewashed.
I never used my race, gender, or age to advance but instead, my merit, ingenuity, and courage to say what others only thought and to hear what was not said.
Only I own and am responsible for the regulation of my thoughts, energy, actions, and magic.
Being free from relying on external identifiers that could be used as a hammer or differentiator, I used my unconventional creativity for success through:
Truth without bullshit and with love opened doorways through corporate silos, walls and layers by simply asking better questions so the right end of the problem could be solved for.
Multiplicity of possibility, permission and capacity that often bound people in uninformed consent of what was never question. I see aspects that others can’t, read in-between the lines for the true story, and know how to implement markers and value points to accelerate best practices.
Clarity of what to do beyond the goal. Effectiveness, efficiency and accuracy in current state solutions actually build frameworks for the future in a way that others can see themselves within both
Bending time and space for faster and more robust outcomes. Architecting models that optimize temporal situations can produce long-term benefits when multiple audiences’ specific needs and agendas are unified.
By the time I left the corporate space, it took 6 teams to replace me.
Since 2018, I now discover value by working with business owners to expand their mindset, validate their human energy, and make use of their widened their perspective in the business journey.
This form of operational fluency improves leverage and market value while changing the world.
And, my goal remains the same now as it did back in corporate:
Be so good at what I do that I work myself out of a job after everyone in the world lives in their unfiltered joy.
I’m a wife, dog mom, native Californian, emerging ethnobotanist, Life Path 22, Human Design Real Authority Projector and EveryDayWands maker.
Truth with solutions. Email — LinkedIn
What I nerd out on
Systems Thinking, Strategic Design Implementation, The Wild-ing Human Journey, Quantum Mindset and Execution, Ethnobotany, Bioreprogramming & the subconscious, Epigenetic Storytelling, Clair senses, and artisanal handcrafting.