t.Labs

Want to upskill in the bigger game of regeneration, beyond circular? Want to learn how to disrupt your world? Want to level up your strategy? Or your sustainability? Want to bypass the talking heads and echo chambers, and learn how to diagnose your real value potential?

If this sounds like you, our t.Lab can help. It’s an upskill sprint lab in the foundations of creating a disruptive regenerative business.

#beyond “faster, better, cheaper” #beyond BCorp & ESG scores. #beyond binary bits

Launching to the public June 24

Regenerative business transformation specialist and systems-design strategist Melissa Wragge is launching her t.METHOD™ to the public. She has distilled a suite of her labs into a 2 x 1/2 day disruptive regeneration intensive - to give you the tools and tech skills you need to get future-fit, and play the bio-led game.

A 4-in-1 synthesis of Market Disruptive Forces, Market Patterning, Market Shaping and Levers of System Disruption

Why this??? Why now???

Because it’s really tough in business right now and most of us need to radically upskill to stay in business, in jobs, but can’t afford to get in-house consultants. So Melissa is reaching out to you. Ka pai.

What is this?

This t.Lab will anchor you to the real forces of disruption, using Disruptive Design thinking 3.8. This is built off the same methodology Melissa used to transform Ecostore, to help launch entrepreneurs like Ārepa and Circularity, and to train exec teams like Miraka in-house for the last 10 years.

This lab combines the content of the first two steps of the t.METHOD™ which Melissa has created and tested with clients, start-ups and her Masters of Applied Innovation students.

Fully curated. The heavy lifting is done. 

Who for?

If you’re an exec strategy, transformation or sustainability lead, questioning how future-fit you are, or where to play in a disrupted world, this is for you.

If you’re a start-up, out to disrupt your world, and want the inside-track, this is for you.

If you’re a management, design or sustainability consultant keen to upskill yourself in disruptive regenerative business, this is for you.

The inside track to disruptive futures

What do I get?

You'll gain a new understanding of your points of strategic leverage.  Hidden in plain sight. You’ll learn the traps to avoid, the right questions to ask and the models to use (and not use). You’ll be guided through a design sprint, with real working examples, and some bleeding edge case studies for inspiration, sharpened decision criteria and more.  You’ll walk out with the tech skills, thinking tools and visual models you need to disrupt your world, regeneratively.

No death by PowerPoint. No fluff. No BS. 

Select your option

20% of the price goes towards soil regeneration projects, and the gifting of scholarships.

1. Market Ecosystem

  • WHERE
    The online workshops will be held over Zoom so you can dial in from anywhere.

    WHEN
    10am - 2pm, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th July 2023

    INVESTMENT
    $550 incl GST

    These labs are a distillation of a four different workshops so jam packed with value.

  • If you’re a start up or not-for-profit you receive a 20% discount.

    We are also offering two scholarships, covering 75% of the price, to support specifically:

    • Tangata Whenua – for those identifying as Māori

    • Pacific Ako – for those identifying as Pacifica

    • Taipakeke and Rangatahi – for those over 60 years or under 20 years of age

    • Impact players – for those individuals who are dedicated to positively impacting their worlds from a social and/or environmental perspective

    Email us at hello@regen-method.net if you would like to apply.

2. Lifecycle Ecosystem

  • WHERE
    The in-person lab will be held in a beautiful space above Crave cafe, Morningside in Central Auckland (with delicious ethical catering). Right beside the train station.

    WHEN
    8am - 4pm, Friday 4th August 2023

    INVESTMENT
    $950 incl GST

    These labs are a distillation of a number of different workshops so jam packed with value.

  • If you’re a start up or not-for-profit you receive a 20% discount.

    We are also offering two scholarships, covering 75% of the price, to support specifically:

    • Tangata Whenua – for those identifying as Māori

    • Pacific Ako – for those identifying as Pacifica

    • Taipakeke and Rangatahi – for those over 60 years or under 20 years of age

    • Impact players – for those individuals who are dedicated to positively impacting their worlds from a social and/or environmental perspective

    Email us at hello@regen-method.net if you would like to apply.

Bundled 1. and 2.

  • WHERE
    From anywhere, at anytime. This is a self-paced online learning option.

    INVESTMENT
    $300 USD

    In this online program we’re going to deep dive into your Market Ecosystem. We’ll explore market patterns, market shaping strategies and how to identify levers of systems disruption.

    Alongside this, you'll learn foundational principles of Systems thinking along with ecosystem mapping techniques so you have the tech skills to apply to your business real life, real time.

    The course includes video modules, workbooks, diagnostic tools and is designed to help you understand the principles while applying the method to your own business or concept.

About Melissa

Melissa Wragge is a regenerative business transformation specialist and a globally recognised system-design strategist, first schooled in the 1990s before Design Thinking was a thing. She helps businesses through the journey of re/designing their world regeneratively, by playing in the intersections of biomimicry, systems, ecology and ethics.

After kicking off at Gillette (P&G), her entire 25+ year career has been in re/designing strategy, innovation and business models, from global giant blue-chips and corporates, to SMEs, NPOs and start-ups. Not as a management consultant or academic, but as a practitioner in the arena.

The last 15 years Melissa has played on the regenerative side helping Impact-led businesses disrupt their world, and fight for environmental, social and wellbeing justice.  Most recognised and awarded for taking Ecostore from hippy-fringe to mainstream global cool, she believes in business as a disruptive force for good and is passionate about empowering people to fight the greenwash machine and unleash their disruptive regenerative power.

The last 10 years Melissa has run a side gig in coaching and training disruptive design, focused on building dynamic capabilities.  She’s set up and run 10s of transformation teams, trained 100s of execs and entrepreneurs, and spent 10,000s of hours as a practising consultant, across different industries, and sizes, all with a laser on value potential.

Melissa spent lock downs in research, curating the divergent models she uses, undertaking a U.S. Masters of Science in Biomimicry, and synthesizing it all into the t.METHOD™, to help change agents from anywhere disrupt their world, regeneratively.

BIOMIMICRY x ECOLOGY x ETHICS x SYSTEMS

With a BABCom, Melissa teaches Masters students in applied innovation at Tech Futures Lab in Auckland, is a business coach at The Icehouse, an alumni of NZTE’s Better By Design program and an advisory board member on a few NZ regenerative businesses.  She also guest lectures at Auckland University for MBA students in circular design, market shaping and ecosystem thinking.  Melissa is an accredited NZ Regional Business Partner Network service provider and since 2022 has been undertaking a U.S. Masters of Science in Biomimicry.

  • “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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