Catalyzing a Business Stakeholder Ecosystem to Drive Place-Sourced Economic Development Article 2, Part 3. By Beatrice Ungard and Ben Haggard (with the Regenerative Economy Collaborative) To get caught up, start at part one. Putting the Stakeholder Pentad to Work In The Responsible Business, Carol Sanford describes the virtuous loop of stakeholders’ investments and return on investment…

Catalyzing a Business Stakeholder Ecosystem to Drive Place-Sourced Economic Development Article 2, Part 2 By Beatrice Ungard and Ben Haggard (with the Regenerative Economy Collaborative) To get caught up, start at Part One. Business as a Stakeholder System A significant barrier to creating regenerative relationships among businesses and their places is the transactional perspective with…

Catalyzing a Business Stakeholder Ecosystem to Drive Place-Sourced Economic Development Article 2, Part 1 By Beatrice Ungard and Ben Haggard (with The Regenerative Economy Collaborative) This is the second article in our series exploring several practical applications of regenerative theory to local and regional economic development (you can read our…

Article 1, Part 5 — By Beatrice Ungard and Ben Haggard (with the Regenerative Economy Collaborative) States of Development One way to avoid fragmentation when working on a community’s economic development is to assess progress not only in terms of material objectives but also in terms of changes in state. A community that is growing its capacity and…

Article 1, Part 4 — By Beatrice Ungard and Ben Haggard (with the Regenerative Economy Collaborative) To get caught up, start at part one. Phase Two: Leading Systems Change As community members grow their strategic thinking and planning skills, it becomes important to mobilize key stakeholders from across the community, engaging their creative participation in the identified pursuits. Most community-based…

Article 1, Part 3 — By Beatrice Ungard and Ben Haggard (with the Regenerative Economy Collaborative) To get caught up, start at part one. A Three-Phase Approach to Building Place-Sourced Community Intelligence The regenerative development approach is grounded in living systems thinking and uses systemic frameworks and principles that can be learned and applied by community members. To engage a community through a…

Article 1, Part 2 — By Beatrice Ungard and Ben Haggard (with the Regenerative Economy Collaborative). To get caught up, start at part one. The Hazards of Conventional Economic Development A regenerative approach to economic development starts from a couple of fundamental premises. First, every community, including those that are financially poor, inherently possesses wealth. This wealth takes many forms, including…

Article 1, Part 1 — By Beatrice Ungard and Ben Haggard (with The Regenerative Economy Collaborative) In this series of four articles, we explore several practical applications of regenerative theory to local or regional economic development. The first article offers a general description of the approach, along with some of its theoretical underpinnings. The second…

Everywhere I look, I see savvy, well-intentioned, and highly dedicated individuals and organizations (businesses, nonprofit, institutions, foundations, governments) working very hard to address the complex, multi-sector social, ecological, and economic challenges we face. I wonder if the progress in addressing these challenges is proportional to our efforts, not to mention…