Having worked in wetlands and water resource conservation for 6 years my radar has always been tuned to sustainability and even more so to regeneration. While sustainability focuses on maintaining balance and preventing harm, regeneration goes further—restoring, renewing, and enhancing ecosystems, communities, and systems to thrive beyond their original state. Which is why this interactive Regenerative Paradigm Map created by Dr Vanessa Taveras-Dalmau on 14 Sep 2025 retained all my attention. The Regenerative Paradigm Map (see the link below) has 7 core principles, 33 themes, and 253 specific elements detailing regeneration’s ‘what, why, and how’. The seven themes are: 1. Start with inner transformation (this occupies 13 of the 33 themes and is by far the most important) 2. Adopt pluralistic, post-capitalistic economic models (5 themes) 3. Practice participatory and ethical governance for regeneration (2 themes) 4. Put community first (2 themes) 5. Work with place as living (2 themes) 6. Use systems approaches (2 themes) 7. Learn from existing regenerative practices or complementary approaches (7 themes) Without wanting to simplify the breath of this research I am truly inspired by the inner development work that we have cut out for us! The 13 themes of Inner transformation include: Elevate your consciousness, integrate diverse knowledge, embrace a new mindset, shift to an ecological worldview, embrace a different discourse, honor negative emotions, channel positive emotions, embrace new leadership, develop new values, acknowledge your inner compass, develop multi literacy, develop soft skills, nourish people and place connectedness. Each one is explained in greater detail in the interactive map and our job is to bring this alive in our work to shift the discourse. It's a lot to digest for sure, but nothing this complex is going to be easy. We in this community are the one's who are helping to create shifts and bring about change.

Change-makers hello! I am going to share a document that has some interesting ideas on how to bring the IDG framework to organizations. Personally, however, I assume that some of these skills are always at play when people act for sustainability, and that they interact differently in all of us. My research "pod" is about finding out which are most represented and which dimension has the most represented skills in people who embody sustainability through their lifestyles.

In many organizations, we still look at collaboration, learning and leadership as controlling practices. These hinder creativity and inclusion. Liberating Structures offers an alternative approach that is simple and easy to learn. It is a collection of 33 practical methods that foster engagement, creativity and trust. With the description and step-by-step guide to all 33 methods, the LS website has additional sources and links to LS communities of practice. All the contents are free. https://www.liberatingstructures.com/

As a founder of this community I’m involved in an EU research project exploring resilience as a lived, daily, and processual practice, which asks how creativity might ground us, connect us, and equip us to imagine — and act on — more humane, inclusive, and future-ready systems. Key areas of exploration: -Learning from those who dare to stand outside the system -Creative thinking for ethical, inclusive systems in the AI age -Resilience as lived, human practice -Creativity, storytelling, and adaptive capacity -Economic and collaborative models for humane, preventive resilience If you’re interested AND have time to get involved.. Raise your hand 🙋🏻 in the comments (this week) and I’ll tell you more.

Hello Community, We’re kicking off strong next week with not 1, not 2 but 3 events. We hope you can join us at one of them: 1️⃣August 26th, 8.30am CET: Our regular 30-minute Hangout to check-in & share what’s on our minds and in our hearts. *** 2️⃣August 27th, 1pm CET: Client Value Workshop We believe that when companies focus on Inner Development, they stop chasing external success metrics and start aligning what they say they value with what they actually do. The question is: How do we get there with companies? The answer: We meet them where they are, and we speak their language. If we only speak about the IDGs, we risk sounding too abstract. But if we can use language that meets them where they’re at, addresses real business problems, we open the door. We can “sell” them what they want, and then gently give them what they truly need: the IDGs. That’s the focus of our Client Value workshop: How to translate the IDGs into concrete outcomes your clients care about. Together, we’ll reflect on: ✨ How to frame the IDGs in ways that resonate with your clients ✨ How to balance “what they want” with “what they need” ✨ How to address their ‘pain points’ AND lead to real-world outcomes This will be an interactive session where we learn from each other, share what works, and leave with practical ways to bring the IDGs alive in our client work. Here's a post with some more info: https://www.skool.com/innerdevelopmentatwork/client-value-workshop-on-aug-27th-some-more-info?p=d99c0605 👉 [Save your spot] (Aug 27th, 1pm - 2pm CET) *** 3️⃣ August 28th, 10am CET: Decolonization: A 3-part conversation series At the recent Caux Inner Development Goals (IDG) Forum in July 2025, a question surfaced that many of us have felt but not often spoken aloud: If inner development is to help us transform the world, whose knowledge shapes it, who decides the priorities, and how do we ensure it does not replicate the very systems of exclusion it seeks to change?