Imagine - Embracing Chaos and Possibility in a Planetary Emergency is not a conventional book or practical guide. It is an interdisciplinary collection of conversations, reflections, and contributions that explore life in times of global crisis—what some call a “planetary emergency.” Its purpose is to share diverse perspectives on today’s ecological, social, and cultural challenges and to create space for deeper inquiry.
Imagine
Rather than offering simple answers, this book and workshop series invite participants to reflect, pause, and engage with the complexity of our current moment through imagination. The book serves as a companion and archive of thought, encouraging new relationships with ourselves, society, and the planet.
SIX WORKSHOPS THAT TRANSFORM THE BOOK’S SIX CHAPTERS INTO REGENERATIVE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES FOR YOUR TEAM
IMAGINE…
WE LEFT NO TRACE
Explore what it means to design for decomposition - in products, processes, and organizational structures. Learn to work with cycles of death, decay, and regeneration as sources of innovation.
IMAGINE…
A GENTLE REVOLUTION
Challenge dominant paradigms with quiet strength. Explore how love, interconnectedness, and soft power can drive systemic transformation within established organizations.
IMAGINE…
BEYOND THE MAP
Expand your organization's possibility space. Practice thinking beyond current paradigms and solutions. Embrace the ambiguity of what might exist beyond dominating narratives.
IMAGINE…
BEING
Recenter on the quality of presence needed for collective healing and transformation. Explore how inner development creates the foundation for outer change.
IMAGINE…
LIFE WAS AT THE CENTRE
Move beyond human-centered decision making to recognize the intelligence of living systems. Experience how interdependence and non-human perspectives can inform regenerative business strategy.
IMAGINE…
IN POETRY
Discover feeling as a form of intelligence within organizational contexts. An opportunity to redefine rituals within cultures of change.
Founder of anewkind, specializes in sustainable design practices that merge aesthetic excellence with environmental responsibility. She is a Design Director with 15+ years of crafting compelling environmental narratives through design and brand leadership. Her refined storytelling expertise bridges art with climate education, inspiring a new generation of creatives through university lectures at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and as Climate Designers chapter leader for Singapore.
She brings rich teaching experience to her work, guiding students and professionals to create impactful stories around environmental protection while facilitating collaborative workshops that explore biodiversity challenges.
Regenerative business strategist and co-founder at anewkind. Founder of Ananta Sustainables, a Sri Lankan sustainable packaging provider reducing single-use plastic waste. She previously served as CEO of MSH Packaging Industries, embedding regenerative principles to enhance community impact, and co-founded a coalition for sustainable waste management. She also co-founded a startup for middle and high schoolers in NYC, developing a curriculum on design thinking and social and environmental innovation.
Recognized as Cosmopolitan Sri Lanka’s 35 Under 35, an Asia21 Young Global Leader, and a Young Leaders Accelerated Scholar at Lee Kuan Yew School. Her global experience includes roles with UNDP’s Global Plastic Taskforce, Circular Economy lead for Southpole APAC, and hosting the Samavāya podcast. She has provided strategic consultation to environmental organizations worldwide and facilitated sustainability workshops across multiple continents.
An award-winning impact strategist with over a decade of experience translating complex sustainability and data insights into emotionally engaging, actionable narratives. She has designed and facilitated storytelling workshops for organizations including the United Nations University, Fashion for Good, INSEAD, and Climate Week NYC—working across technical, global, and cross-cultural contexts.
A 3x founder, Laura developed year-long curriculum on impact strategy and sustainability roadmapping, which has since informed training programs for clients like DBS Bank. A mentor for impact networks, including Fashion For Good, her facilitation approach is grounded in her development of Systems Feeling—a transformative, felt layer to systems thinking that supports complex systems change and regenerative leadership.
Laura’s work has been featured on Forbes, Netflix, BBC World and The Disruptive Innovation Festival.
OUR APPROACH IS ROOTED IN REGENERATION
Regeneration means creating systems that restore, renew, and support the well-being of people and the planet.
Where sustainability asks us to sustain, regeneration invites us to restore, renew, and grow.
OUR APPROACH IS ANCHORED IN REGENERATIVE PRINCIPLES TO BUILD AND SUPPORT
MINDSETS
that embrace complexity
CULTURES
that co-create in right relation
STRATEGIC ACTION
that aligns impact, adaptation and profitability.
OUR APPROACH IS ANCHORED WITHIN THESE REGENRATIVE PRINCIPLES
FROM EXTRACTIVE SYSTEMS
Most systems today are built on extractive principles. They prioritize short-term gain, linear growth, and competition.
But these systems are not future-proof.
TO REGENRATIVE SYSTEMS
To build enduring legacies and steward real impact, we must shift toward regenerative principles, rooted in interconnection, adaptability, and care.
