Many companies spend energy without ever recovering it, until there is no room left for questions about the future. Regenerative organisations work differently: they create conditions in which people, collaboration and effectiveness can renew themselves – and contribute to a world that serves life. Depending on where you stand, there are different depths of entry: from a two-hour impulse and a practice workshop through to a multi-day retreat.

Building Living Organisations – a practice workshop on regenerative development

The usual response to pressure is more speed, more steering, more control – and that often reinforces the very thing it is meant to solve. The result is frantic standstill: everyone is working at their limit, yet little actually moves.

In a multi-year research project, my colleagues and I explored what organisations do differently when they stay alive and, at the same time, make a genuine contribution. We identified a set of patterns that cluster into three fields: regenerative purpose, living relationships, and the organisation as a living organism within its ecosystem.

In this workshop you will get to know these patterns through case studies from the research and translate them into your own working context. The central question is what is possible within your own sphere of influence – whether you are responsible for an organisation, a department or a team. Regenerative is not a state to be reached but a movement of searching: there is no blueprint, and every organisation enters at a different point.

Contents:

• Patterns of regenerative organisations from our research, illustrated with practical examples,

• Taking stock: what already sustains my organisation? Where do our resources reach their limits?

• The three spaces of possibility – purpose, relationships and organisational design – and their guiding questions,

• Working with proven reflection tools on a focus of your own choosing,

• Peer consulting on first concrete steps within your own area of responsibility.

Format: In-house 1 x 4 hours, or as a full-day workshop for leadership teams, departments and steering groups; on request with subsequent process support.

Online format: 1 x 3.5 hours, virtual workshop with a digital whiteboard, maximum of 16 participants.

Target group: Managing directors, leaders, team and project leads, HR and organisational development professionals, consultants

Leading Through Crisis – how organisations recover energy and stay capable of deciding

Many companies are under considerable pressure: decisions pile up, responsibility rests on a few shoulders, while pace and complexity keep rising. Little room is left for orientation towards the future. When energy does not flow back into the system, every crisis turns into a permanent strain.

This format invites you to look at your organisation differently: not only at tasks, processes and structures, but at the question of how energy arises, is lost, and can be rebuilt. Short inputs alternate with reflection and peer exchange among people in comparable positions.

Contents:

• Clarity about current patterns: how does external pressure show up inside the organisation, and what does that mean for decision-making, motivation and collaboration?

• Understanding the organisation as a complex system: what consumes energy, and what builds it?

• Three levers for reflecting on your own situation: purpose and direction, relationships and collaboration, organisation and structures,

• First leads towards fields of action that bring energy back.

Format: In-house 1 x 2 hours as an impulse for management and leadership circles; can be extended to a half-day format.

Online format: 1 x 2 hours, virtual impulse session.

Delivered jointly with Carsten Holtmann (next U).

Target group: Managing directors and owners, leaders and people in leadership roles

Regenerative Organisational Development – a Retreat

"Regeneration begins where we reconnect with life – with nature, with others and with ourselves."
— Daniel Christian Wahl

Regenerative organisational development is a path toward more vibrant, purpose-driven organisations that not only adapt to change, but act powerfully and sustainably from within.

Regenerative organisations are guided by the principles of living systems. They see themselves as part of a greater ecosystem, cultivate conscious relationships, and align economic activity with deeper meaning. This perspective may be of interest to you if you

• want your organisation to contribute to societal transformation,

• seek to cultivate not just resilience in crisis, but long-term creative power rooted in inner clarity and integrity,

• aim to realign purpose, values and products in your organisation,

• wish to strengthen humanity, relationships and collaboration as sources of innovation, energy and connection,

• are looking to anchor purpose, self-care and responsibility in a coherent whole,

• view your organisation as a living organism in dynamic exchange with customers, partners and the environment.

This retreat is designed for decision-makers and engaged changemakers who are considering regenerative development as a future path for their organisation. It is not a classic training programme, but a space for experience, reflection and connection.

Contents:

• What defines regenerative organisations? What is the underlying narrative, and what attitude and mindset are essential?

• Reflecting on whether a regenerative orientation is a meaningful path for your organisation – and what first steps might look like,

• Working with the key fields of regenerative practice: regenerative purpose (e.g. purpose as a source of decision-making, handling money and growth), living relationships (e.g. embracing wholeness, communication, working with tensions), the organisation as part of an ecosystem (e.g. purposeful design, product responsibility, external transparency and connection),

• Connecting impulses and practical examples with the lived reality of your own organisation.

Format: A 2–3 day in-person retreat. Deep reflection, lively exchange, connection with nature and a diversity of methods enable insights on multiple levels.

Target group: Decision-makers such as owners, executive leadership and board members, as well as interested staff, who want to shape their organisation to be future-fit, meaningful and alive