The Regeneration Lab
Welcome to The Regeneration Lab. The podcast of the Regenerative Thinking research group at the the Mission Zero centre of expertise at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, where we conduct integrated research to come up with regenerative solutions for a more sustainable future. Each episode features a leading educator, activist, professor, or researcher who is already engaging in more regenerative forms of higher education. Join us on this journey as we discover how these educational innovations emerged, how they are practiced, and the beautiful futures that are envisioned for more regenerative higher education. Along the way we will explore the systemic and personal challenges, barriers and opportunities that our awesome guests are facing to do this. You can reach out through mission-zero@hhs.nl to respond or connect to any of the episodes!
The Regeneration Lab
How Do We Move From Profit-First to Values-First? A Conversation with Bruno Delepierre
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Bruno's metaphor of the chef supporting apprentices to find their unique expression captures his belief that education is fundamentally about connection and craft. But what makes Bruno's approach distinctive is his willingness to be vulnerable. "An educator wins a lot if he is able to be vulnerable towards students, so they see there's a human being in front of them," he shares. Having moved from Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurship—where the social-ecological dimension wasn't even on his radar—to regenerative education, Bruno emphasizes that courage doesn't mean the absence of fear. "We can be fearful and courageous at the same time." In this episode, we explore how personal loss transformed what Bruno sees as important beyond business, why he believes embodied learning and play matter, and how his regenerative business model canvas injects regeneration into tools that were originally designed for extraction.
Key themes: Vulnerability as practice, courage and fear, personal transformation, embodied learning, regenerative tools