8: Reconstruction and Revolution

The Reconstruction and Revolution Stage is the final stage in the Regenerative Process. It is in this final stage where participants are asked to reflect on the previous stages, the categories that emerged, and what they envision their next steps to be to move forward in their work in their organizations. The words reconstruction and revolution are purposefully different in definition and in action but connected because responses to the questions posed in this stage may overlap.

Reconstruction is defined as “the act or process of rebuilding, repairing, or restoring something and the re-creation or reimagining of something from the past” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.g). In reconstruction, there is no need to reinvent everything; there are many aspects of the organization's work that simply need to be redesigned or repurposed in ways that respond to the current challenges. Reconstruction in this process considers and connects to the data that emerged from the Reconciliation Stage of what needed to be repaired, regrown, revitalized, or restored.