From Neurons to Organisations: Awakening Regenerative Mindsets with Neuroplasticity, AI & Systemic Consciousness

Author(s): Rachel Ooi Wei Gee

The Urgent Need for Regenerative Organizational Development (ROD)

We live in a VUCAV² context, which is made up of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, velocity-driven, vul-nerability. This has shown us the big problems with traditional ways of developing organizations that focus on short-term efficiency, shareholder supremacy, and mechanistic structures. The increasing fragility of company ecosystems, driven by AI-induced labor revolutions, economic instabilities, ESG failures, and intergenerational wealth disruptions, necessitates a comprehensive overhaul of organizational resilience approach. Poor governance, leadership transition crises, unstable economies, and fluctuating capital control contribute to wealth disruptions across generations. All these factors jeopardize business resilience and longevity. As conventional enterprises grapple with sustaining generational leadership transitions, organizations must reconceptualize governance utilizing regenerative intelligence and adaptive resilience frameworks. This work presents a novel paradigm, Regenerative Organizational Development (ROD), to tack-le these systemic issues. This is a robust system that employs AI-driven decision-making, neuroplastic leadership, productivity, well-being, and intergenerational longevity as essential facilitators of enduring business transformation. This research is founded on Positive Organizational Psychology (POP) and the Theory of Hope. This analysis transcends the conventional emphasis on pleasure and well-being, as evidenced by Gallup and MIT Sloan research, to examine how systemic regeneration, hope, and purpose might enhance the adaptability of business ecosystems and the labor market in the long run, with enduring corporate and economic governance. Tata, the Rockefeller Foundation, Merck, Mitsui, and TPC Singapore exemplify intergenerational enterprises. Microsoft, Danone, and Unilever exemplify regenerative enter-prises. Temasek, Bhutan's Gross National Happiness, and ASEAN's Regenerative Economy Initiatives exemplify gov-ernmental economic systems. These indicate that ROD is not an evolutionary derivative of OD but a fundamental framework for sustaining businesses and economies. We employed a mixed-method study to develop an empirical suc-cess model for ROD. The research employs longitudinal business case analyses, AI-driven models of organizational development impact, and assessments of psychological leadership adaptability. This study's principal conclusions indi-cate that organizations emphasizing psychological safety and well-being in leadership exhibit up to 70% more employee flexibility, demonstrating that humanized business models outperform mechanistic corporate governance systems. AI-enabled organizational development improves decision-making in governance by 40% and mitigates risks related to systemic instability and market disruptions. Following ROD principles, intergenerational businesses have been around for more than 100 years, showing that regenerative capitalism leads to long-term economic growth. This thesis is perti-nent to corporate sustainability, ESG governance, and organizational psychology as it illustrates the transition from mechanical organizational development to business models grounded in ecosystems and regeneration. This thesis gives business and policymakers scalable, evidence-based ways to include human well-being, AI governance, and regenerative capitalism in their long-term plans during times of systemic disruption.

Abbreviations: ASEAN: Association of South East Asia Nations; ESG: Environments, Social, Governance SDG: Sustainable Development Goals; PPP: People-Planet-Profit; 5Ps: Purpose, People, Partnership, Planet, Prosperity; 3Rs-T: Restoration, Resilience, Regenerate, Transcendence; AI-DAO: Artificial Intelligence- Decentralized Autonomy Organization; GTM: Go-to-Market; RSF: Regenerative System Framework; TGM: Trinity Growth Model; RLI: Regenerative Leadership Intelligence; VUCAV²: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity, Velocity, Vulnerability