Our new t.Talks

Curious to learn more about playing a Nature Positive game, life-centered design and biomimicry?

Come join our new lunchtime t.Talks!

Not just Nature positive. But Nature played.

Kick off 1st + 2nd Aug

THURSDAY AUGUST 1ST AND FRIDAY AUGUST 2ND, 12.30PM-1.30PM NZST, ON ZOOM

Melissa will share insights from her Nature positive research, the implications, the potential and pathway forward.

WHAT: 1 hour Zoom kōrero. 30min share of insight, followed by Q&A. This is NOT about Nature-positive reporting or restorative projects.  This IS about the how you can disrupt your market, your industry and your world, by applying Nature's design thinking.  

WHO FOR: Exec strategy, transformation or sustainability leads. Board agitators. Regenerative innovators. Disruptive entrepreneurs. Management, sustainability and design consultants.

About Melissa

Regenerative transformation specialist. Globally recognized system-design strategist. Biomimicry practitioner. Creator of the t.METHOD and founder of Tensegrity.

25 years in strategy, innovation and business model transformation. 15 years on the regenerative side. 10 years training execs and entrepreneurs on disruption, for good.

Melissa deep dived into research during lockdowns, curating 100 years of regenerative principles and divergent models, levelled up with a U.S. Masters in Biomimicry, undertook client testing and synthesized it all into the t.METHOD. Now she’s going public. To give regenerators the tools to disrupt their world. More.

BIOMIMICRY x ECOLOGY x ETHICS x SYSTEMS

  • “Melissa transformed us into a marketing led company, which she completed with aplomb, and will serve us for years to come. She transformed our product ranges, our brand, our design, our communications......Her winning awards is a testament to her transformation. She is leaving behind a strong platform for future growth.”

    Malcolm Rands, Founder ecostore

  • “Melissa has been a super power. She served up gold. She has this amazing way of getting to the core essence of any market or design question. Her insights are world leading. Her process and frameworks help you make quality decisions. It's led to a change in our agenda forward, and the results speak for themselves. She’s engaging, empathetic, purpose driven and challenging - and she cares deeply.”

    Andy Hamilton, CEO The Icehouse

  • “Melissa’s expertise in design-led thinking is outstanding. She is challenging, rigorous and super strategic, with an incisive understanding of an organization's un-realized potential. Her process was revelatory for me. The way I thought about value was incorrect - both the challenge and the opportunity were bigger. Her process brought this into sharp focus. Melissa operates at the top of her craft, with the upmost integrity.”

    Dr Sandy Callister, World Vision Board

  • “It is hard to express just how incredible Melissa's program was. Her structured design-thinking and solid marketing background has given me a base to completely redesign my business. It has truly exceeded all of my expectations — my new business strategy is grounded in research and deep thinking; driven by the dual goals of profitability and purpose."

    Sophie Poelman, Founder Studio Alida

  • "Melissa has been instrumental in helping us unlock our innovation potential. She has an uncanny ability to cut through big problems to identify what’s broken, what works and what can fly. She can see value potential and knows how to unlock it."

    Richard Wyeth, CEO Miraka

  • "Melissa is the real deal. Bundled in an effervescent parcel of infectious optimism, Melissa has a rare ability to cut through rhetoric and business myths to pinpoint the true strategic, commercial, problems."

    Helen Carter, CEO Cancer Society

  • “Melissa’s energy, eye for detail, empathy and experience have led me to believe she is a real world walking Wonder Woman! Within a short-time frame Melissa was able to help me craft the right business plan and strong brand positioning to attract investment and move forward into early stage market entry. Without her help I would have struggled to get to where I am now!”

    Angus Brown, Founder Arepa

  • "Melissa is quite simply a world class design practitioner. I'm consistently impressed with her ability to balance strategic and commercial demands within rapidly evolving environments."

    Abraham Gibson, Board Member World Vision

  • “It was a real privilege to work with Melissa as I looked at transforming an idea into reality. She helped me discover potential I hadn’t even thought of. She has this unique ability to connect the dots using her rə/gen Method which is such a useful and easy framework to follow. This was hugely valuable for my business strategy and I’m so appreciative!”

    Jayne Chater, Founder Altris and Professionelle

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