Helping people think regeneratively, work creatively and make change happen—one project at a time.
The Regenerative Design Lab
A six-month transformational programme for leaders and future leaders to develop and apply regenerative thinking
Applications for 2026 now open. Get your by 18th December for short-listing. (There’ll be another chance to apply in January too)
The Pattern Book for Regenerative Design
A practice guide for engineers (and other humans)
Seeing the System
Our online introduction to Regenerative Design – register by 31st October.
Tools for Regenerative Design
Our top tools for regenerative design, free to use and available for download.
Most popular open courses
Most popular in-house courses
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
- Why everything falls apart — and what to do about itThe second law of thermodynamics says that the universe is heading towards disorder. Life is the daily channelling of the flow — temporarily creating new structures: life forms, …
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- Incline? Uncline? Recline?I caught myself wondering in a workshop this week, what is the opposite to decline? Incline? Uncline? Recline? A bit of context. I often look at places in …
- Easier to talk about what we don’t want than what we doThis riff is a partner to my one this week on humour and sarcasm. If you’ve read that one you’ll spot the connection. I’ve noticed recently that workshop …
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- How connections slip through our fingersI’ve been doing work this week with teams thinking about interconnection. More precisely, how connected we are to the places impacted by our design decisions. Take the component …
- Comfy clothes, favourite tools and the Three HorizonsYou probably have a favourite piece of clothing to put on and put you at ease. Maybe a hoody, a jumper, … a favourite onesie. When something fits, …
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- Attempts to give up sarcasmA few years ago I made a New Year’s resolution to stop being sarcastic. Some of my favourite comedians use sarcasm. Pointing to what something is by saying …
- Three Horizons facilitation (90 minutes) — sometimes all people need is the picture
The Three Horizons model is one of our key tools in the Regenerative Design Lab for exploring change. It’s simple enough to grab in a short space of …
News and highlights
Field notes from our training courses and news about what we are up to at Constructivist.
Latest articles
- Big news — Cohort 6 Applications for the Regenerative Design Lab are now open
Our big news this week is that the application process is now open for Cohort 6 of the Regenerative Design …Continue reading “Big news — Cohort 6 Applications for the Regenerative Design Lab are now open”
- Field notes: trying on the Systems Change Lab for size
Last week I had the privilege of facilitating an afternoon session for the Engineers Without Borders UK Systems Change Lab …Continue reading “Field notes: trying on the Systems Change Lab for size”
- Starting to see the systemYesterday we kicked off our new introduction to regenerative design, ‘Seeing the System’. The premise is simple: seeing more clearly …
- Pattern book field notes – action learning and continuous place-based design
This week I took my copy of the Pattern Book to Cambridge. (Its second visit: in July I dropped it …Continue reading “Pattern book field notes – action learning and continuous place-based design”
- Emergent marketing – the RDL Cohorts for 2026I’ve noticed recently how often a controlling mindset can creep in when I think about how we spread the word …
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- Our new online intro to regenerative design launches in November
Here’s my pitch: Interested in regenerative design?Are you — or your colleagues — wondering how to introduce regenerative thinking on …Continue reading “Our new online intro to regenerative design launches in November”