1: Regenerative Leadership

The word regenerate is becoming a popular word to express everything in new ways from a regenerative climate to a regenerative economy. It could easily become the “new big idea” in leadership, yet it is an indigenous way of being as old as the beginning of time, “the indigenous worldview is based on wholeness…all life is interconnected, and interrelated” (Mitchell, 2018, pp. 182–183). Wholeness, interconnectedness, and interrelationships are the time tested wisdom for leadership. Every leadership decision or action affects the system and the people within the system. To be a regenerative leader is to consider both the individual and the collective together. Regenerative leaders practice consciousness of this wisdom and work toward leading people back to themselves in their humanity.