Post-Growth

“The Purpose Pledge: Building an Ecosystem for Regenerative Business” – An Interview with Les Szabo

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Les Szabo is Chief Strategy & Impact Officer at Dr. Bronner’s, the top-selling natural brand of soap in North America. He joined Dr. Bronner’s in 2013. In his current role, Les guides company-wide strategic planning and leads initiatives that strengthen organizational capabilities and drive sustainable growth. He oversees four core functions: Organizational Planning & Project Management, Philanthropy, … Read more

“Towards an Economy for the Common Good” – An Interview with Christian Felber

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Christian Felber is an Austrian activist, book writer, university lecturer, international speaker and contemporary dancer. He initiated the Economy for the Common Good movement and the project Bank for the Common Good. The Economy for the Common Good is a young social movement and a concrete model for a new economy that started five years ago in Austria. … Read more

By The Grace Of Customers: Integrity as the Currency of Regeneration

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The Future Teenager Imagine a young teenager born twenty years from now walking through a supermarket. They pick up a loaf of bread and turn the package in their hands. The label does not list only calories or price, or a nutrition score, it tells how much soil was replenished, how much water was returned, … Read more

“Saving the Planet with AI” – Daniel Erasmus

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Daniel Erasmus explains how ClimateGPT can make a difference at this late stage of the game. Watch: NOTE: we used ClimateGPT to dig deeper into the seven wicked problems for our book: Wicked Problems: What can we do in this Time of Collapse?

“Zeedling: Community Action for the Common Good” – An Interview with Filip Geuens

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Filip Geuens is a seasoned business transformation consultant and manager. With over three decades of experience, he specializes in developing revenue strategies, leading sales and marketing operations, solving complex business challenges and change management. Living in Vienna and working in CEE and CIS in the 1990s showed him that large-scale societal change is possible. Filip … Read more

Regenerative Leadership: What the World Needs Now

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In this time of permacrisis—where climate breakdown, economic inequality, democratic erosion, cultural fragmentation, and war crimes converge—we recognize that the systems and leaders governing our lives are failing to serve people and planet. The pursuit of narrow, extractive self-interest has corrupted our institutions, deepened divisions, and eroded trust. We stand at a crossroads: continue down the … Read more

“On Leading through the Polycollapse” – An interview with Alice Kalro, Claudia Gasparovic, and Julio Campos

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On the occasion of an approaching publication of arkH3’s latest systemic projections and a resource for business leaders, we sat down with some of its authors and contributions – Alice Kalro (lead author), Dr Claudia Gasparovic, and Dr Julio Campos, to discuss the implications of their findings for strategy and business leaders in charge of organisations … Read more

Transforming Governance for the Common Good: A Regenerative Approach

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The need for collective action on a global scale has never been more urgent, especially in the face of interconnected crises like climate change, pandemics, economic inequality, and geopolitical tensions. However, the existing global governance structures, largely shaped by the Bretton Woods framework established in the 1940s, are increasingly out of sync with the demands of today’s … Read more

Regeneration and Spiritual Tradition

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All the world’s spiritual traditions have deeply embedded regenerative principles – especially in relation to leadership, stewardship, and sustainability. So why is it that our economic system doesn’t recognize these traditions? DOWNLOAD the PDF >> The late David Graeber warned us about why the corporate world is not fit-for-purpose if we want a future worth … Read more

“The Post-Growth Business” – An Interview with Marcus Feldthus

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Marcus Feldthus and Oscar Haumann created the Post Growth Business 101 course to help us explore how businesses can align with the leading science on planetary and social boundaries. It offers explainers, case studies, online courses, books and public talks. We interviewed Marcus Feldhus to better understand what the planetary boundaries mean for business, and … Read more