On the very short list of organisations, entities and gatherings of folk that I've been wholly nurtured, enabled and impacted is Regenesis Institute.

One of the key creators of developmental programs at Regenesis is Ben Haggard, and I've been fortunate to participate in several programs Ben has led and created. Ben is the Director of Educational Programs at the Regenesis Institute of Sustainable Communities, a core element of Regenesis Group.

In this episode we concentrate most explicitly on the functioning of frameworks, their utility for considering and interpreting the world, designing intentional development experiences and crucially to create ways of interacting with and aligning with systems which centre, honour and regenerate life.

I learn so much each and every time I interact with Ben, and co-creating this conversation was a great honour.

You can connect with Ben, and explore more of his work and sign-up for courses at Regenesis via the links below;

Follow and connect with Ben on LinkedIn here

Find out more and explore the offerings of Regenesis here

Dive into the resources area of Regenesis here

Consider enrolling for their seminal course, The Regenerative Practitioner here

If you'd also like to follow or connect with Tim and the Better World Leaders community, you can do so via the links below;

Tim on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/

Better World Leaders - https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders

Thanks for your time and attention tuning into this episode. We look forward to being back with you very soon.

I was first introduced to Loes, and Futures Literacy, by another BWL guest, Laureline Simon. When Laureline shared in her network that she was co-hosting a course on Futures Literacy for transformative climate action, I was drawn in and joined the cohort to experience this wonderful, exhilarating and enlivening work myself.

Those days immersed in the Futures Literacy framework were the first of what has now become a continuing interaction with Loes Damhof, UNESCO Chair of Futures Literacy at Hanze University in Gronigen in Holland. I've been honoured and delighted to have co-created this conversation with Loes to bring an overview of Futures Literacy to our community here, and invite you to begin your journey into this specific way of building capability in the present to navigate uncertainty and find clarity in ambiguity through explorations and experiences of possible futures.

Loes and I hope you enjoy this conversation, and will accept our invitation to engage this work via the links below and we hope in a co-created learning experience coming early in 2024.

Connect with and explore Loes' work more deeply via the links below;

https://www.ted.com/talks/loes_damhof_futures_literacy_shaping_your_present_by_reimagining_futures

www.futursliteracy.net

https://loesdamhof.medium.com/

https://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/event/futures-literacy-the-emergence-academy-may24/

https://www.unesco.org/en/futures-literacy

Connect with Tim and join the Better World Leaders community via the links below;

https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders

I first encountered Mel Geltch after receiving an invitation to join a federally funded leadership program for bushfire impacted communities, following the Australian 'Black Summer' of 2019/20. From the prose in that invitation, I sensed I was encountering a fellow in the work, and as I responded to the expression of interest for that program, I also wrote to Mel and expressed that sense, and that I wondered whether we'd find ourselves weaving together beyond the duration of that program.

That inception moment was the genesis of two threads which have great meaning for me - the beginning of my journey as a practitioner of the Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter, and my unfolding and ever deepening friendship with Mel.

Mel is a steward of 'The Art of Hosting', co-Founder of Campfire Co-op and colleague and collaborator with our previous episodes' guest, Samantha Slade.

This conversation covers several of the integral frameworks found within the patterns, processes and practices of 'The Art of Hosting', as well as some contemporary dialogue on the The First Nations' Voice to Parliament referendum, and the role of such frameworks in holding space for and connecting with ourselves, and our innate capacity to work in life affirming ways.

Mel and I hope you'll enjoy this discussion, and potentially be curious to explore this work more deeply yourself.

Links below to Mel, Campfire Co-op and upcoming opportunities to get involved in Going Horizontal training co-hosted by Mel & Campfire in November 2024.

Connect with Mel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melgeltch/

Check out Campfire Coop's website - https://www.campfire.coop/

Explore Going Horizontal in Australia - https://www.campfire.coop/gohocanberra23

Connect with Tim on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcollings/

Join and connect with the Better World Leaders community on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-world-leaders