Technology and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issuesESGThey became some of the fundamental pillars for virtually any entrepreneur or business owner who wants to grow. The era of sustainability has already passed. Unfortunately, our planet and our existence already require a new proposal. Now, it is not enough for businesses to be sustainable. They need to play an active role in regenerating our ecosystem.
Therefore, the need to move forward into a new era of Regenerative Business, which actively employs restorative models from the perspective of people and the business itself. These models go beyond the zero result in impactnet zero)or carbon neutrality in your supply chain. They are able to create formats that prioritize the restoration of the ecosystems they are part of.
In this model, the business processes created by the company are literally designed to be regenerative for the environment in which they generate impacts. This means not only using renewable inputs but going further and creating ways for the very extractive logic of these inputs to allow the ecosystem to flourish even more due to the presence of that company in the extraction environment.
Nature is, in itself, completely efficient and self-regenerating. Think that corporate regenerative systems are human nodes acting and doing things like nature itself.regenerative living systems).
There are four environments for regeneration to occur systemically: in business, in the economy, in people, and in organizational culture. From the perspective of the first two, we need to understand that the transformations occur within the scope of the business model. And of the last two, she awakens at the level of self-awareness.
Either way, if the company does not integrate and incorporate the ability to generate and capture value, the impact does not become systemic. In other words, without developing new skills and competencies, no business can claim to be undergoing a transformation.
Although they are very relevant today, technologies alone are not the answer. It is not enough to train leadership in Artificial Intelligence if the next day there is no impact on your business model or operations. However, mastery of technological skills is precisely the differentiator that ensures agility in transformation journeys.
Regeneration goes beyond resilience and sustainability. It is a strategy that drives the company forward and requires it to become a protagonist in its chain of impacts. Regenerative business models require a holistic approach, where business processes are intentionally designed to be beneficial to the ecosystem.
Technology as an enabler of business transformation
Despite the various concerns about the exponential use of AI solutions considerably increasing the world's electricity consumption, the technology itself is also a path to a solution.
In the early versions of the blockchain, we experienced an intensive need for electricity, including to cool the data processing structures. But, for example, more streamlined solution architecture formats and new technologies have enabled a reduction of over 90% in this consumption in the latest generations of Ethereum applications.
And when we look at AI, we begin to get a glimpse of this potentially promising scenario:Ark InvestIt points out that AI tools can increase the productivity of collaborating people by nearly 140% over the next eight years. In financial terms, this amounts to an increase of approximately US$ 50,000 per worker, resulting in US$ 56 trillion worldwide. This availability of time and resources could change the level of businesses that are ready for this transition.
However, only people and companies that are in a greater state of readiness for the agile changes we will experience in the coming years—whether climate, behavioral, or technological—will be able to benefit from this new moment. In this context, learning tech skills is becoming increasingly relevant not only for the IT departments of companies.
There is a high correlation between individuals who value continuous learning and the development of high-performance environments in companies. People with a growth mindset, those who constantly seek improvement and learning, bring a positive dynamic to the workplace. These individuals not only enhance their own skills but also inspire their colleagues to do the same, creating a virtuous cycle of development and innovation.
In turn, companies that encourage learning and intellectual curiosity tend to have stronger and more resilient organizational cultures. When employees feel they have the freedom and support to explore new ideas and acquire new knowledge, they feel more engaged and motivated. This not only increases job satisfaction but also contributes to greater productivity and efficiency.
It's already past time for us to have the privilege of passing on to future generations the problems we inherited. The challenges of the future have never been so perceptible in our daily lives. And the next generation of leaders needs to understand that the biggest limiter of a more promising future is our own inability to think differently and act. THEmindsetof leadership is our greatest threat to the future.
