Regenerative Economics: Reinventing Businesses for Sustainability | Graham Boyd | Podcast Episode 20
Channel: Thrivability Matters
Date: 26/07/2023

The business world is largely driven by chasing financial growth. People tend to act, assuming that averages will be consistent and apply to everyone. 
But in reality, this rarely happens. As a result, businesses often find themselves needing to take more resources and push their workers harder. Is there a better way?

Graham Boyd is an author, speaker, and consultant who uses the expertise gathered across three careers (including a particle physicist, manager with Procter and Gamble, and serial startup founder) to help businesses reinvent themselves to help solve the challenges facing our world – in particular, how can we address the impending climate crisis? And could multinational businesses contribute to the solution?

We talk about the regenerative economy, a new way of thinking about businesses and their role in economies. It proposes that businesses are living parts of an ecosystem, and that they should work together to build a regenerative global economy that focuses on restoring our ecosystems and regenerating our planet - making a thrivable world for all. 

We also highlight how considering capital outside of financial capital (including human and natural capital, not just financial capital) can guide better business decisions, and how the idea that average outcomes apply to all individuals can lead businesses astray.

By reinventing how businesses operate, we can potentially make a thrivable future where humanity can thrive with nature (and each other). (42 mins).

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If you are interested in learning more about the topics we've discussed here, Graham Boyd has published several books on these. If you wish to support Graham's work, we welcome you to find out more about his books below.

The Ergodic Investor and Entrepreneur: 
https://graham-boyd.biz/lucky-the-ergodic-investor-and-entrepreneur/

Rebuild: The Economy, Leadership and You: 
https://graham-boyd.biz/rebuild-the-economy-leadership-and-you/

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