Our vision at Constructivist is for engineers to have the creative, problem-solving and self-starting skills they need to tackle the ever more complex challenges that society faces. Our mission is to train the next generation of engineers to identify problems that need solving, find creative solutions to those problems and to seek out the skills they need to deliver those solutions. Our approach is to design teaching and training which is: Inspirational – when learners are inspired the possibilities are endless Problem-based – in which engineers develop the ability to identify and solve their own problems Focused on building creativity skills – providing a systematic approach for engineers to build their creativity Action-based – paying particular attention to how new skills are built in daily workflows.
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We were delighted to be in Manchester yesterday delivering our How to have Ideas session for DYSE Structural Engineers. The material forms the core of our conceptual design training for design teams and supports teams engaged in the early stages of project development.
Thank you to Oliver Broadbent of Constructivist for coming to visit us to give a How to Have Ideas session. Very thought provoking, encouraging and immediately useful for our design focused team.
At Constructivist, we believe that there is a gap in the way that many engineers have been taught, and that is in divergent thinking. We spend a great deal of time learning to analyse and optimise, but we have to have the ideas in the first place. As the climate crisis tightens its grip and our economy becomes increasingly volatile, the way we deliver projects in the next five years is going to look very different from the way we have done in the past. That means that old thinking may no-longer be serving us. We will need some new ideas. 🌟 As a senior leader, empower your team to lead this change with our ‘How to Have Ideas’ workshop, led by award-winning trainer Oliver Broadbent. This interactive session equips your team with practical techniques to enhance idea generation and creative thinking. Discover how our workshop can transform their approach to creative thinking and help your organisation stay ahead in a rapidly evolving world. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/erEjqGC3 #Leadership #CreativeThinking #Innovation #Engineering #TeamDevelopment #IdeaGeneration #Constructivist #OliverBroadbent #ProfessionalDevelopment #Workshop
Let’s build regenerative policy. This Sunday’s deadline for applications for our policy focused Cohort 4 of the Regenerative Design Lab is fast approaching. During our 6-month programme, in partnership with Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator, we will be asking how we can create policy that delivers regenerative design. We have created an exciting mix of face-to-face sessions at Chatham House, residential workshops at Hazel Hill Wood and meet-ups online taking place from 25th September 2024 through to 6th May 2025. Cohort 4 is developed for designers integrating #regenerative practice who are interested in influencing the #policy space and policy professionals interested in understanding how regenerative #design can help address policy challenges. Find out more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/ekB9Entw Chatham House Environment and Society Hazel Hill Wood Constructivist Oliver Broadbent Ellie Osborne Alexie Sommer #regenerative #design #living #systems #built #environment
📢 Our latest Regenerative Design Lab Report - Models and Frameworks for Regenerative Design - is now live 🌍✨ 📑 This report, which follows Cohort 2's journey through the lab, focuses on particular techniques we are using to facilitate conversations around regenerative design, including: 🔹Goal Definition: Establishing the goal of regenerative design as enabling human and living systems to survive, thrive, and co-evolve. 🔹Three Horizon Model: Structuring the Lab programme around three phases: the present, the future, and the transition. 🔹 Systems Bookcase: A tool for understanding decision-making within systems introduced early in the programme. 🔹 Library of Systems Change: A technique for imagining the shift from our current patterns of working to a more viable, thriving future. 🔹 Living Systems Blueprint: Using thriving living systems as a guide for our work and design as part of a thriving living system. The executive summary provides an overview of these key insights and breakthroughs, with a more detailed exploration in the subsequent sections of the report. The Constructivist Regenerative Design Lab was founded in 2021 by Oliver Broadbent, 1851 Fellow in Regenerative Design, with the support of Engineers Without Borders UK and funding from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. Our team includes co-facilitators Oliver Broadbent and Ellie Osborne, and communication designer Alexie Sommer. We believe this report will be a valuable resource for anyone committed to turning construction into a force for thriving. We invite you to download the report, share your thoughts, and join the conversation on how we can collectively create a regenerative future. Download your copy here. https://lnkd.in/eJdEcRWc A huge thank you to all the members of our second cohort of the Regenerative Design Lab: Alex Garman Gavin Knowles Guy Woodhouse Joel De Mowbray Jonathan Fashanu Julian Sheppard Lisa Hey Lucy Rees Marika Gabbianelli Natasha Watson Pablo Newberry Paul Astle Will Rogers-Tizard Tom Whitehead ---------------- Applications for Cohort 4 of the Regenerative Design Lab, in partnership with Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator, are now open. Apply here. https://lnkd.in/ekB9Entw #Sustainability #RegenerativeDesign #ConstructionInnovation #NewReport #SustainableBuilding #GreenConstruction #PolicyInnovation #EnvironmentalImpact #Changemakers Engineers Without Borders UK Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Chatham House Environment and Society
We are excited to announce that we are running cohort 4 of the Regenerative Design Lab in partnership with Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator. Together we will be asking how can we create policy that delivers regenerative design. The 6-month programme will be an exciting mix of face-to-face sessions at Chatham House, residential workshops at Hazel Hill Wood and meet-ups online. We are aiming to bring together #regenerative practitioners interested in influencing the #policy space with policy professionals interested in understanding how regenerative #design can help address policy challenges. Find out more and apply here. https://lnkd.in/ekB9Entw
For the second year running we are running our Regenerative Design Lab summer research workshop. It is a chance for the 50+ members of our Lab community to connect, share our learning so far and find opportunities for future collaboration. It feels like there's real momentum building to this work, and so we can't wait to gather everyone together once again in the woods to build on this forward motion. https://lnkd.in/e__tdgTe #regenerative
The Regenerative Structural Engineer published by the The Institution of Structural Engineers is out now, and available on the IStructE's website (link below) It's a creative call by our very own Oliver Broadbent and James Norman for a fundamental system change that challenges engineers and the wider built environment to think and design differently. To create a transition to a regenerative construction industry we need people with power and visibility to understand regenerative thinking and to use their influence to make change. So, who do you think should read this book? Please tag your recommendations. https://lnkd.in/ejgSQBCg Constructivist Engineers Without Borders UK Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851