Comfort looks innocent. It feels deserved. Yet it may be one of the most powerful forces quietly undermining our values, our leadership, and our ability to build regenerative systems. Most of us don’t walk away from what we believe in because we stop caring. We walk away when living those values starts to cost us time, effort, patience or ease. Comfort rarely shows up as a conscious choice. It hides behind words like efficiency, convenience, and making things easier. It often sounds reasonable: - “We don’t have time for this right now.” - “The market isn’t ready.” - “Let’s not overcomplicate things.” - “We need quick wins.” None of these are wrong on their own. But together, over time, they form an invisible operating system. It subtly prioritises ease over alignment, and short-term relief over long-term value. The uncomfortable truth is this: many decisions that keep organisations stuck are not driven by bad intent, but by an unexamined preference for comfort. I believe most leaders genuinely care about sustainability, wellbeing, fairness, or long-term impact. The issue is that those values often become conditional. We support them as long as they: - don’t slow us down, - don’t disrupt existing models, - don’t introduce friction, - don’t require us to sit with uncertainty or resistance. The moment they do, we postpone, soften, or reframe them into something more manageable. Not because we don’t believe, but because full alignment asks more of us than we are willing to face. Building regenerative food systems inevitably introduces friction. It asks leaders to: - hold complexity instead of simplifying it away, - resist short-term incentives, - stay present when outcomes are uncertain, - engage with interests that don’t neatly align. This is where comfort quietly becomes a liability, because meaningful change rarely happens in its presence. What we often call “resistance to change” is, at its core, resistance to discomfort. And that is where inner development quietly becomes a business capability:

It’s been an amazing year in community 🚀 Next year we kick off with weekly skill builder sessions, check the calendar and join us. We know inner development is one of the keys to positive change, in 2026 we’ve created 2 new services to provide you with deeper support with your work. We’ll discuss this in our last (roundup) hang out call on January 6th. Hope to see you then! Until then, we send each of you sparkles and showers of positive energy from all the colors of the universe 💫 Big love and appreciation Nadene & Sarah

As the year closes and IDG moves through a time of transition, many of us are carrying both gratitude and grief, and an appreciation for what has been possible, what may be ending, and the unanswered questions that remain. This two-hour gathering is an invitation to slow down together, honour what has been and what has been lost, and reconnect with the deeper sources of creative agency that carry us forward. Drawing on Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects, we will make space for reflection and shared presence - not to fix or plan - but to meet the New Year with care and a sense of what wants to emerge. Participation is always by choice. Nothing is asked of you except presence. Gently held and guided by @`Mila Aliana and @Denise Pang Register here https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/cnhDRC80Q8qE9NsIMMG3xg

I don’t know about you but whenever I talk about IDGs, I often get « why focus on individuals when it’s corporations and government who holds the real power to bring change? ». It inspired me to write the following article. Let me know if you think it will help you in future discussions and/or whether you think an important argument is missing! https://nathalievenis.substack.com/p/why-the-sdgs-are-stuck-and-why-the?r=54pxeh

Dear friends, I received this message from a member of a regeneration collective I'm part. As an IDG community committed to inner development for outer change, - what do situations like these awaken in you? - where / how do you feel called to respond in your highest potential? - what difference can we make as a global, online community? ——— For those in California, I’d like to share this for awareness and the desire to find a way to get through to them and coordinate a transformation to it The Coyote Creek agrivoltaic ranch project in Sacramento county was recently permitted despite major backlash from community and local natives - apparently over 150 ppl showed up for comment to a Board meeting that lasted 7 hours “The solar arrays, combined with a 100-megawatt battery storage system, are expected to provide power for roughly 44,000 homes and operate for about 35 years — at the cost of removing up to 3,500 native and blue oak trees. (Old growth forests). The crux of the issue is “not solar or no solar,” but “environmentally destructive solar or responsible solar.”” https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312972193.html#storylink=cpy https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRbDhKxEUq1/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== https://ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2022010271/3