Lucía Hernández is an expert in Platform Economy and New Emerging Trends. She has been working with organizations of all types to apply platform-ecosystems strategies. Lucía has contributed to research with global organizations and has helped design public policies related to short rental accommodation within the European Commission, IDB, and local governments.

In the last two years, Lucía has been studying the intersections between regenerative design and platform design to help public and private organizations adopt a regenerative platform-ecosystem mindset.

In this conversation, we delve into the roots of regenerative thinking and why the movement is gaining momentum. It was fascinating to learn from Lucía’s expertise about what we can learn from nature, how regenerative thinking is a process – not a goal, redefining ‘abundance,’ and some new organizations that are emerging in the platform economy.

A full transcript of the episode can be found on our website: https://boundaryless.io/podcast/lucia-hernandez/

Key Highlights

• What is regenerative thinking and where does it come from?
• Lucía’s six key principles of regenerative design
• The ultimate aim of the regenerative thinking movement
• The role of place-based economies
• The abundance versus scarcity mindset
• Community wealth and investing

To Find Out More About Lucía’s Work:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/luciahdez3
• Website: https://luciahernandez.co/
• Lucía Hernandez, Regenerative Platform Design Principles: Regenerative Platform Design Principles
• Lucía Hernandez, Regenerative Platform Business Models - The Next Generation of Platforms: Regenerative Platform Business Models
• TEDx talk on regenerative tourism (in Spanish): Watch here

Other References and Mentions:

• Buckminster Fuller (1970). I Seem To Be A Verb: Goodreads
• Showing the way with Web3 Marketplaces: Braintrust — with Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski: Episode
• The Restorative 20s: Why and How the 2020s Can Be the Decade of Regenerative Business, Podcast episode with Danielle Peltier Andrews: Listen here
• Narrative decentralization and the future of progress — with Jason Crawford: Episode
• Organizing in Nested Systems: Re-regionalisation, Landscape, and Global Solidarity — with Daniel Wahl: Episode
• Marjorie Kelly: marjoriekelly.org
• Trans-contextual Organizing: Shifting Perceptions — with Nora Bateson: Episode

Find out more about the show and the research at Boundaryless at https://boundaryless.io/resources/podcast/

Thanks for the ad-hoc music to Liosound / Walter Mobilio. Find his portfolio here: https://boundaryless.io/podcast-music

Recorded on 10 February 2022.