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The Pattern Book for Regenerative Design
A practice guide for engineers (and other humans)
Launches 12 June 2025 (with a pre-release on May 11th for mailing list subscribers.
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A six-month transformational programme for leaders and future leaders to develop and apply regenerative thinking
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The blog: For Engineers (and other humans)
Oliver’s daily(ish) blog on creativity, regenerative design and practical philosophy drawn from across my teaching, writing and collaborations. Sign up for Oliver’s weekly digest by clicking here and choosing the appropriate button.
Latest posts
- A book of emergenceThe word emergence has an almost quixotic feel for engineers. We are usually employed to maintain control over situations. But if we go back to the old definition …
- A book of abundanceAbundance is one of the three regenerative mindsets we explore in the Pattern Book for Regenerative Design. It’s the capacity to see the potential for plenty in the …
- A book of interdependenceThe Pattern Book for Regenerative Design is built around three mindset shifts: interdependence, abundance, and emergence. These are foundational to regenerative design and my aim in writing this book …
- How do you write a book for ten different audiences?You start by imagining the people who are going to read it. Some readers will be interested in exploring regenerative design for themselves. Others will be looking for …
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- Find the pattern of practice for your audienceDesigners are teachers. We take people on a journey that gets them to say, “Yes, that’s what I want.” Good teaching is rarely about setting out the whole picture. …
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- Why a book about patterns?We see patterns, We think in patterns, We create patterns. A pattern is something that repeats, A drum beat, An oscillation. Patterns make things regular and therefore intelligible, …
- I’m back (with a book)
It’s been 47 days since my last entry on For Engineers and Other Humans, and since then I’ve been working on something that feels pretty big. So here’s …
News and highlights
Field notes from our training courses and news about what we are up to at Constructivist.
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- Today’s webinar — Gathering inputs for the creative processToday we ran Session 2 of our Introduction to Conceptual Design for Structural Engineers, part of the ongoing programme we deliver …
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- Critical Thinking — Learning from Experienced DesignersAs part of our Critical Thinking Training Programme, we offer an optional module where participants learn directly from the experiences …
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- Kicking Off a New Round of Critical Thinking TrainingToday we launched a new round of our Critical Thinking Training Programme, designed to help teams make better decisions in …
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- Designing experiments in policy change – lessons from RDL Cohort 4 Session 6 hosted at Chatham House
On February 4th, our current cohort of the Regenerative Design Lab returned to Chatham House London. In this session hosted … - Exploring Regenerative Design with Hawkins Brown
On 30th January 2025, Oliver delivered the keynote for Hawkins Brown’s Regenerative Design Research Week, bringing together ideas on how …Continue reading “Exploring Regenerative Design with Hawkins Brown”
- How to have ideas – workshop for DYSE
On 29th January 2025, we ran our ‘How to Have Ideas’ workshop with DYSE Structural Engineers in Manchester, exploring the …