Developing Capabilities

Starting with the foundation that we live in an interconnected world, within which business is a human activity that is interconnected with everything else, we will look at the set of capabilities that are required for business to function effectively while being embedded in, changing along with, and effecting change to the socio-economic-ecological context within which it operates. 

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What are the capabilities needed for business to function, adapt and evolve regeneratively over time and under changing circumstances?

The essential point in that question is the capability for continuous regenerative adaptation and evolution in response to both internal forces and external influences while maintaining its essential being. We can learn from the dynamic balancing that operates in living systems that allows them to simultaneously function as individual and as whole. We have called this dynamic polarities. We go into details about how business can operate with dynamic polarities below.

Consciousness & Regeneration

The word 'conscious' is being used increasingly frequently in business-related contexts. Some terms that are popular are 'conscious business', 'conscious leadership'. 'conscious capitalism', and 'conscious capital'. Typically, these terms imply that the goals of business activity are expanded to include socio-economic-ecological considerations.

We take a different view: that consciousness is inherent in human activities. 

Let us step back to understand the underlying theory. The revolutionary Santiago Theory of Cognition describes life itself as a cognitive process. It connects matter and cognition as a dynamic polarity that is fundamental to the existence of life. Consciousness is a type of cognition found at higher levels of complexity (ex: in humans).

Our work in regeneration is therefore deeply connected to human consciousness. We propose that the holistic awareness that is necessary for a regenerative mindset cannot be achieved without a parallel shift in consciousness away from reductionism.

A Way of Being

Einstein said: "The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or a hostile universe." 

We seem to have chosen "hostile universe" -- therefore we fight against it, we try to control it, we assume that without struggle we slip into  degeneration, and we see fear everywhere. First and foremost, we need to make the internal choice of our own wholeness. Having done so, we can then look to develop guidelines that will align us with living-systems principles.

Regeneration is a paradigm shift that requires a similar shift in our consciousness. We have been trained in reductionism and human-centricity to such an extreme extent that in order to be able to see wholeness and interconnectedness, we need the assistance of guidelines to make the internal shift.

Please return to this page as we continue to develop the guidelines for regenerative capabilities.