Slides from a conversation that started in summer 2023, with John V Willshire (Smithery), Andy Thornton (@rsaorg), Lizzie Shupak (Curve) and Dr Rob Phillips (@RoyalCollegeofArt) sharing four perspectives on their different, overlapping work, and the ways in which questions are a useful tool in open up ideas to cross between the different areas. Followed by a conversation with the audience on where this could go next. Hosted on The Steps at The RSA in London, 16th November 2023. Regenerative Design Field Kit - https://artefactshop.com/products/regenerative-design-field-kit Smithery - https://smithery.com The RSA 10Cs - https://www.thersa.org/blog/2023/07/shifting-towards-a-life-centric-business Curve - https://www.curve.cc Ecological Citizens - http://ecologicalcitizens.co.uk Design Council Systemic Design Framework - https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-resources/systemic-design-framework/ #regenerativedesign #regeneration #regenerativeagriculture #strategicdesign #systemic #systemicdesign #systemsthinking

1. Questions
about
Questions
John V Willshire Lizzie Shupak Andy Thornton Dr. Rob Phillips
The Steps @ The RSA, Thursday 16th November 2023
Unpacking regenerative efforts

2. What is this?

4. JOHN
LIZZIE
ANDY
ROB

5. JOHN

7. Sustainable Regenerative

8. “Beyond Sustainability”
temporal?
spatial?

9. Unsustainable Sustainable Regenerative
Beyond implies through

10. Is regenerative to unsustainable
as antifragile is to fragile?

11. Fragile
Robust
Unsustainable
Sustainable Regenerative
Antifragile

12. Sustainable Regenerative
Unsustainable
Resist change
Embrace change

13. The impact our
action is having
Sustainable Regenerative
The impact we’re
having on action

14. < play research training montage >

15. JOHN
ANDY

28. JOHN
ANDY
LIZZIE

29. Do the best you can until you know better.
Then when you know better, do better.
~ Maya Angelou

30. Why aren't we doing better?

31. We need a di
ff
erent kind of
leadership for change to succeed.

32. NOT
leader as hero.

33. NOT
leader as servant.

34. INSTEAD
leader as facilitator.

36. • What is the di
ff
erence between
sustainability and regenerative (and why
does that matter)?
• How do we balance short- and long-term
thinking?
• Can we move from acting on the world, to
acting in it?
• How might we move from a starting point
of competition to one of cooperation?

37. JOHN
ANDY
LIZZIE

38. <sings>
Everything you see
comes apart at the seams
Everything is LEGO

39. Four Roles
Systemic Design Framework
Design Council
https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-resources/systemic-design-framework/
Ten Capabilities
10Cs Framework
The RSA
https://www.thersa.org/blog/2023/07/shifting-towards-a-life-centric-business

41. What is
this?
John V Willshire & Natalie Kane
IED Barcelona
Innovation & Future Thinking summer course
2018 onwards

45. You

46. Us

47. All of us

48. for the most
The best
for all in society
The healthiest environment
with the greatest economy
for the least
Charles & Ray Eames

50. A set of questions to catalyse, not paralyse
You can’t answer them alone

51. JOHN
ANDY
LIZZIE
ROB

52. RCA Design Futures - Asking Better Questions

55. ROB
Ecological Citizens - either at end, or with the other bit

56. ROB
Ecological Citizens - either at end, or with the other bit

57. ROB
Ecological Citizens - either at end, or with the other bit

58. JOHN
ANDY
LIZZIE
ROB

59. What is
this next?