Designing Regenerative Economies

Format:
Teams Course Online or in-house.

Group Size:
4–10 participants
(Larger groups available on request)

Duration:
Flexible delivery options:

  • 2-hour weekly sessions

  • Half-day workshops

  • Full-day workshops

Delivered online or in-house.

Approach:

Each session combines:

  • Practical theory

  • Live demonstrations

  • Hands-on exercises

  • Reflection activities

  • Short post-session quizzes

Participants leave each session with tools they can immediately apply to their work.

Price:
Subject to group size

Using systems and service design to map bioregional economies and uncover regenerative opportunities

Problems This Course Solves

Many regions want to transition toward more sustainable and regenerative economies, but struggle with practical questions like:

  • How do we see and understand the regenerative economy of a region?

  • How can we identify regenerative businesses, supply chains, and ecosystem actors?

  • Where are the economic leakages and missed opportunities in regional systems?

  • How do we uncover new regenerative enterprise and collaboration opportunities?

  • How can organisations design services and systems that strengthen the vitality of place?

Traditional economic development approaches often focus on growth and attraction strategies, while sustainability approaches focus on reducing harm. Neither fully addresses how to design economies that actively regenerate ecosystems, communities, and local prosperity.

This course introduces practical tools from service design, systems thinking, and regenerative economics to help teams understand and strengthen the regenerative economy of a region.

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What you’ll Learn

In this course you’ll learn how to:

  • Understand the principles of regenerative and place-based economic systems

  • Map the bioregional context, including ecological and social systems

  • Identify regenerative businesses, institutions, and ecosystem actors

  • Map resource flows such as food, materials, knowledge, and money

  • Identify economic leakages and system gaps

  • Discover regenerative enterprise and innovation opportunities

  • Apply service and systems design tools to strengthen regional economies

  • Identify opportunities for AI-enabled and non-AI services that improve regional coordination, discovery, and collaboration

  • Design interventions that increase the life-supporting capacity of a place

Typical Outcomes

Participants leave the course with:

  • A bioregional context map that reveals the ecological and economic landscape of a place

  • A regenerative ecosystem map showing key actors and networks

  • Insight into regional resource and value flows

  • Identification of system gaps and economic leakages

  • A portfolio of regenerative enterprise or service opportunities

  • A framework for strengthening regenerative systems over time

Organisational Benefits

Organisations that build this capability can:

  • Identify new regenerative economic opportunities

  • Strengthen regional resilience and local supply chains

  • Improve coordination between business, government, and community actors

  • Discover opportunities to apply AI and digital services to improve regional systems

  • Support circular and regenerative economic initiatives

  • Make more informed decisions about regional investment and innovation

This capability is increasingly valuable for organisations working on sustainability transitions, regional development, innovation, and place-based strategy.

Course Topics

Topics covered in the course include:

  • The shift from extractive to regenerative economic systems

  • Understanding bioregions and place-based economies

  • Mapping regional ecological and social systems

  • Identifying regenerative businesses and ecosystem actors

  • Mapping resource and value flows

  • Identifying economic leakages and system gaps

  • Using service design and systems mapping to understand regional economies

  • Discovering regenerative enterprise and collaboration opportunities

  • Identifying AI-enabled and non-AI service opportunities that support regenerative systems

  • Designing interventions that strengthen the vitality of place

Ideal for…

This course is designed for:

  • Innovation and strategy teams

  • Sustainability and climate leaders

  • Regional and economic development organisations

  • Local and state government teams

  • Social and regenerative entrepreneurs

  • Service designers and systems designers

  • Organisations working on circular economy or regenerative initiatives

No prior knowledge of regenerative economics is required.

No prior experience with systems thinking is required.

About our instructors

This course is delivered by EXP Studio, a consultancy specialising in human-centred design, service design, and innovation.

EXP works with organisations to design better services, systems, and strategies that improve customer experience, operational performance, and long-term impact.

Drawing on experience across public, private, and community sectors, the course combines practical design tools with systems thinking to help participants understand complex systems and identify new opportunities for innovation and regeneration.

Bring This Course to Your Organisation

This course can be delivered online or in-house and tailored to the needs of your organisation.

To discuss delivery options or request a proposal  contact EXP Studio.

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