If you’re serious about regeneration, what should change first?

This text is blunt: regeneration isn’t a slogan or a project layer — it’s a shift in what counts as success and who gets to influence decisions.
If the KPI engine and governance loops stay the same, purpose and pilots get absorbed by short-term performance logic and become cosmetic.
Changing metrics + decision rights forces the organization to act differently: it makes dependencies, trade-offs, and “living impacts” operational.

The regenerative transition requires moving beyond short-term performance management towards a systemic vision. Here are six steps to get the ball rolling—without claiming to solve everything.