Helping people think regeneratively, work creatively and make change happen—one project at a time.
The Pattern Book for Regenerative Design
A practice guide for engineers (and other humans)
Launches 12 June 2025 (with a pre-release on May 11th for mailing list subscribers.
The Regenerative Design Lab
A six-month transformational programme for leaders and future leaders to develop and apply regenerative thinking
Pre-register for cohort 5, launching spring 2026.
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The blog: For Engineers (and other humans)
Oliver’s daily(ish) blog on creativity, regenerative design and practical philosophy drawn from across my teaching, writing and collaborations. Sign up for Oliver’s weekly digest by clicking here and choosing the appropriate button.
Latest posts
- Cabin in the woods (a preview)
Tucked between Douglas Fir and regenerating birch, there’s a small green oak cabin at Hazel Hill Wood. From its windows and door, all you can see is woodland. … - Don’t scale up — scale rightThere are no factories in the living world. Or at least if there are, they are very well camouflaged. Humans, by contrast, are very attached to factories. By …
- On scale, specialisation and life beyond pinsOne of the commonly-cited benefits of scaling-up an operation is to enable individuals to specialise Adam Smith famously argued that a pin factory, where each worker focused on …
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- The maths of too many meetings
Do you ever feel that all you do is sit in coordination meetings? If two people work together, then there is one relationship to manage. By manage, I … - Ultra-processed informationIt’s super quick to absorb. Cheaply available. It bares little resemblance to its source. Its ingredients can come from anywhere. The growers are anonymous. Put together using processes …
- Non-fungible Tree
This dying tree is outside London Euston station. It desperately needs water. It sits next to the stump of the enormous London Plain that was recently felled to … - Just-in-its-own-time deliveryWe’ve become used to just-in-time delivery. The antithesis of stockpiled inventory. But when the living world delivers its abundance, it happens all at once. Anyone engaged in community …
News and highlights
Field notes from our training courses and news about what we are up to at Constructivist.
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- Canvas and Twill — the patterns for two new short courses in regenerative designMore and more design teams are committing to regenerative principles and goals in their projects. This is very promising. But …
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- Field notes: the Kalideascope meets the Ambition Loop
This week I was invited to run an afternoon session for the Engineers Without Borders UK Systems Change Lab at …Continue reading “Field notes: the Kalideascope meets the Ambition Loop”
- Two new short courses on regenerative design — launching next weekOver the last couple of months we’ve been preparing two new online courses introducing regenerative design, and we’re almost ready …
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- Pattern Book Notes: Kalideascope + System SurveyMy intention with the Pattern Book for Regenerative Design is that users can share with each other how they have …
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- Field notes: Book launch pattern sequence
This evening we held the London launch for the Pattern Book, hosted by our friends at Elliott Wood in the …Continue reading “Field notes: Book launch pattern sequence”
- Field Notes — The Agora
This week I facilitated the final sessions in our Critical Thinking series for the Useful Simple Trust. The programme takes …