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Thinking beyond sustainability

Fransen, Esmee LU and Pauwels, Claudio LU (2023) ENTN19 20231
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
In recent years, regeneration has come to the attention as a better alternative to sustainability. However, with increased popularity and its vagueness around what regeneration entails, there is a need to grasp the concept better. The researchers differentiate regeneration from sustainability, highlighting that sustainability focuses on taking responsibility, while regeneration aims to create additional value and do more good than harm. There is a need to do more than only mitigate the negative aspects. Thus, the regenerative paradigm is introduced within the literature study. The researchers aim to contribute by understanding regenerative entrepreneurs and their mindset and provide insights into how a mindset can drive the regenerative... (More)
In recent years, regeneration has come to the attention as a better alternative to sustainability. However, with increased popularity and its vagueness around what regeneration entails, there is a need to grasp the concept better. The researchers differentiate regeneration from sustainability, highlighting that sustainability focuses on taking responsibility, while regeneration aims to create additional value and do more good than harm. There is a need to do more than only mitigate the negative aspects. Thus, the regenerative paradigm is introduced within the literature study. The researchers aim to contribute by understanding regenerative entrepreneurs and their mindset and provide insights into how a mindset can drive the regenerative paradigm. After interviewing 12 entrepreneurs or nascent entrepreneurs, the researchers found that individuals are key in driving positive change and the journey of becoming regenerative as a society. Generally, it calls for a mindset shift embracing regeneration to address the environmental and social challenges the world is facing today. This involves changing from a conventional mindset with the struggle of limiting beliefs, triggers of ego and self-centred focus to a more mature mindset that addresses unconscious ego triggers, continuous learning and working on increasing a level of self-awareness. The inner lives of individuals and their behaviours are essential in achieving regenerative sustainability. This has been largely neglected and is the reason why sustainability has failed. There is a need to further explore adult development and vertical leadership development in research. Once individuals adopt a regenerative mindset on an individual level, it can be extended to others, gradually spreading and becoming the new ‘business as usual’. (Less)
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author
Fransen, Esmee LU and Pauwels, Claudio LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Exploration of the mindset and behaviours of entrepreneurs within the regenerative paradigm
course
ENTN19 20231
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Social entrepreneurial mindset, regenerative mindset, mindset, regeneration, regenerative paradigm, sustainability
language
English
id
9122003
date added to LUP
2023-08-02 15:16:43
date last changed
2023-08-02 15:16:43
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  abstract     = {{In recent years, regeneration has come to the attention as a better alternative to sustainability. However, with increased popularity and its vagueness around what regeneration entails, there is a need to grasp the concept better. The researchers differentiate regeneration from sustainability, highlighting that sustainability focuses on taking responsibility, while regeneration aims to create additional value and do more good than harm. There is a need to do more than only mitigate the negative aspects. Thus, the regenerative paradigm is introduced within the literature study. The researchers aim to contribute by understanding regenerative entrepreneurs and their mindset and provide insights into how a mindset can drive the regenerative paradigm. After interviewing 12 entrepreneurs or nascent entrepreneurs, the researchers found that individuals are key in driving positive change and the journey of becoming regenerative as a society. Generally, it calls for a mindset shift embracing regeneration to address the environmental and social challenges the world is facing today. This involves changing from a conventional mindset with the struggle of limiting beliefs, triggers of ego and self-centred focus to a more mature mindset that addresses unconscious ego triggers, continuous learning and working on increasing a level of self-awareness. The inner lives of individuals and their behaviours are essential in achieving regenerative sustainability. This has been largely neglected and is the reason why sustainability has failed. There is a need to further explore adult development and vertical leadership development in research. Once individuals adopt a regenerative mindset on an individual level, it can be extended to others, gradually spreading and becoming the new ‘business as usual’.}},
  author       = {{Fransen, Esmee and Pauwels, Claudio}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Thinking beyond sustainability}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}