Dr. Kathy Allen

The Link Between Leadership and Employee Behavior - Dr. Kathy Allen How mindless obedience or sleepwalking at work impacts leadership and employee behavior, and ways to initiate a shift in mindset.

Continuing my series on "sleepwalking" at work, I explore the link between how we define leadership and the relationships in our organizations. Those relationships can either engage employees or make them tune out. https://bit.ly/464QynN

This is a great example of why the old paradigm of treating organizations as machines and people within them as cogs is deeply outdated. Leadership that prioritizes flow state, values employees' input on the tasks they perform, and respects individual needs is the way forward.

🌱 “Weeds are nature’s revolution against the rule of the machine.” —Vandana Shiva

5 Ways We Reward Sleepwalking at Work - Dr. Kathy Allen Learn ways organizations unintentionally or on purpose create conditions that reward sleepwalking at work.

Often, when employees sleepwalk at work, it's because our leadership habits have encouraged them to just "go through the motions."

I talk about 5 ways we create conditions for employees to disengage: kathleenallen.net/insights/5-w...
#leadership #regenerativeleadership

This is such an important topic. It's neat that the Princess of Wales made an appearance in your feature! 😉

The High Price of Sleepwalking at Work - Dr. Kathy Allen Learn how the cost of employees sleepwalking at work takes a significant toll on leaders and the entire organization.

There's a myth in leadership that things would be easiest if employees followed directions without questioning, resisting, or thinking for themselves. But encouraging employees to sleepwalk—just go through the motions—comes at a cost.

I explore this on my blog: https://bit.ly/4li3H0V
#leadership

We need to fundamentally change the relationship between business and nature – but how? Explore how businesses can transform their relationship with nature through nature-based solutions and institutional change.

A fundamental, holistic change is necessary for businesses to contribute to a sustainable future: https://bit.ly/3HYbcfe

During this transition, leaders must adopt regenerative leadership approaches to achieve a lasting impact.
#regenerativeleadership

Emulating Nature’s Strategies with Amanda Sturgeon How biophilic design can remember what the modern world forgot.

Amanda Sturgeon, Biomimicry Institute CEO, deeply knows biophilic architecture. Now she helps innovators embrace biomimicry.

In this interview she shares her perspectives: https://bit.ly/3FVrmpb

Just as we can build biophilic structures, we can build organizations with Nature as a mentor and muse.

An article from the World Economic Forum New Champions summarizes the case for more #regenerative leadership practices. In an era defined by disruption, leaders must navigate complexity, confront uncertainty, and prepare for an increasingly volatile future.

Read the insights: https://bit.ly/44EGXSr

Capitalism, Climate Change & The One Skill We All Need To Thrive How mastering our nervous systems is the missing link between inner regeneration and outer systems change

"The climate crisis is not only ecological—it is emotional, somatic, and relational." - John Dass https://bit.ly/40dtcIG

Nature shows us that regeneration depends on each part of the ecosystem showing up in the right condition to thrive as a whole.

Live Lecture Recap: Rethinking How We Navigate Crisis Key skills to thrive in the Age of Revolutions—transforming Work, Learning & Being

I've recently explored the shift from a VUCA to BANI worldview, but The Regenerative Futurist presents an excellent case for reframing VUCA to stop out-of-control spirals of anxiety and remain resilient in disruptive times. https://bit.ly/3HKS7wU
#regenerativeleadership

Friends in the UK, this is a wonderful opportunity to build a nourishing and calming habit of sky-gazing while contributing to bat conservation.

(If you missed my post about the value of lifting our eyes to meet Nature, you can find it here: kathleenallen.net/insights/hor... )

Regular check-ins also give employees the opportunity to ask questions, contribute insights, and raise concerns. Healthy organizations are like living systems, and no living system could survive without communication.

Strengthening Regenerative Leadership in a BANI World Embracing undervalued resources for resilience.

In uncertain times, many leaders seek firm answers and fixed strategies. But #regenerative leadership emphasizes relationships and capacities over control.

I talk about the BANI lens and how leadership must respond to tension and transition with purpose and connection: https://bit.ly/45a9v8a

6 Starting Points for Regenerative Leaders to Consider We're living in a time when our traditional systems are breaking down. This is happening in many ways— economically, socially, politically, and environmentally.

When disruption is constant, how we begin approaching change is critical.

Nature teaches us the importance of choosing "starting points" that align with how life actually works.

I explore how we can thrive even in uncertainty if we start in the right place: https://bit.ly/43WFCGa
#naturewriting

Cultivating a Future-fit Organization amid Rising Complexity With so much change in the air, what’s the best way to cultivate organizations that succeed amid rising complexity? This IS the question of the moment. As when we cultivate future-fit organizations, we allow our places of work to come alive and our people to thrive.

When we treat organizations like machines, we remain in mindsets of control and hierarchy.

Humans are a part of Nature, and we need to reflect that in our organizations. Giles Hutchins offers an excellent visual representation of this mindset shift: https://bit.ly/45SRtrc
#regenerativeleadership

Finding Our Courage - Dr. Kathy Allen Dr. Kathleen Allen explores the topic of courage, including when we know it's time to act based on our values and principles.

Do we find courage, or is it always in us?

When we know our "line in the sand," we know when we must act, even if we fear the consequences.

That is when our courage shines.

In my blog, I explore summoning courage in disruptive times: https://bit.ly/4l0Tx4G

‘Win-win’: new maps reveal best opportunities for global reforestation New study shows regions with best potential to regrow trees and suck climate-heating CO2 from the air

“Many, many years of evolution have gone into trees figuring out how to suck CO2 from the atmosphere and lock it into carbon stores, so it’s ready to scale now.”

Time we started treating nature as our most powerful ally, instead of an enemy or just a 'resource'.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Our most powerful ally," I couldn't agree more. Thanks for sharing this article with us.

Sustainability and climate actions across the U.S. are changing fast.

Join us 6/17 for a free conversation led by Verdis Group's Principal & Chief Century Thinker Daniel Lawse.

We’ll dig into what’s happening and the adaptive cycle framework to navigate disruption. kathleenallen.net/conversation/

These stunning photos show how nature came back after the world’s largest dam removal project Four dams and three large reservoirs were removed from the Klamath River in a project that finished last year. Acres of native wildflowers are now in bloom along the river’s edge.

The Yurok Tribe never gave up their fight for the Klamath River. Their story is a powerful reminder of what’s possible when we listen to the land, follow Indigenous leadership, and restore relationships. It's true inspiration for a #regenerative mindset. https://bit.ly/4kB2guH

Involving communities in nature-based solutions to climate challenges leads to greater innovation, study shows Involving communities in nature-based solutions to tackle urban climate and environmental challenges leads to innovation and multiple benefits, a study shows. Participation of citizens in NBS projects...

When we value interdependence, trust, and cooperation in our communities—just like Nature does—we succeed in creatively solving complex challenges.

Thanks to @myzerocarbon.org for recommending this excellent article about community-led, nature-based climate solutions: bit.ly/449liS7

Friends in the United Kingdom, this is a wonderful opportunity for leaders to connect with the common goal of sustainable business.

Telling the Bees – Emily Polk Bees have long been witness to human grief, carrying messages between the living and the dead. Finding solace in the company of bees, Emily Polk opens to the widening circles of loss around her and an enduring spirit of survival.

Bees are excellent teachers. We can learn about resilience from their adaptability despite colony collapse, climate change, and habitat destruction.

This story in Emergence Magazine reminds me how bees show us what it means to persist amid loss. https://bit.ly/3H8XR3s

Regenerative Leadership: What the World Needs Now – REGENERATION JOURNAL In thistime of permacrisis—where climate breakdown, economic inequality, democratic erosion, cultural fragmentation, and war crimes converge—we recognize that the systems and leaders governing our lives are failing to serve people and planet. The pursuit of narrow, extractive self-interest has corrupted our institutions, deepened divisions, and eroded trust. We stand at a crossroads: continue down the path of collapseorregeneratethis world we share – our Common Home.

#Regenerative leadership is difficult to define. It isn't a single framework, but a living, evolving practice.

This article in the Regeneration Journal ia great overview framing leadership as stewardship that's not ego-driven but "eco-system aware." I love that term! https://bit.ly/4jnicPG

Seeing Connection in Wholes - Dr. Kathy Allen Dr. Kathy Allen invites us to look at Nature as a system of connection in wholes that helps us thrive in complexity.

Nature is an excellent guide to complexity. It invites us to observe seen and unseen relationships within its ecosystems—to immerse ourselves in the natural world and notice. Then, we can apply what we learn to our own complex systems. https://bit.ly/3ZBTe88
#NatureWriting #RegenerativeLeadership

The Conversation - Assembling Your Reality, Making Your Presence Matter - Dr. Kathy Allen Marti Spiegelman joins our Regenerative Leadership group once again for another deep dive into the indigenous understanding of consciousness and the experience of being a fully awake and connected human in our times.

I'm thrilled to share the recording of this month's Regenerative Leadership group conversation with Marti Spiegelman. Marti guided us on an in-depth exploration of the Indigenous understanding of consciousness and the experience of being fully awake and connected in our times: https://bit.ly/4kiMDrI

Lovely to meet you! Thank you for your kind words. Nature is our greatest model, mentor, and muse if we remain open to its guidance. As you put it, thinking we know best won't serve us as new paradigms emerge.

Here's the recording from today's #MasterClass on "Regenerating Communities, Restoring Ecosystems #ecosystemrestorationcommunities #ecorestorationalliance @jonschull.bsky.social - please enjoy the wonderful talks (skip ahead to intros+talks from 22:18 if short of time). fathom.video/share/X537uu...

Living With Nature's Soundtrack - Dr. Kathy Allen Learn how living with Nature's soundtrack invites us into the present moment and lures us away from our need to be busy constantly.

Nature offers a vast symphony of sound that pulls us away from the agitation and anxiety our man-made soundscapes provoke, and settles us into calm and presence.

I recently wrote about the benefits of immersing ourselves in natural sounds: https://bit.ly/3H5FyvP