IxDA Byron Bay & SydDT: Regenerative Leadership, Design & Innovation

Join us for the first IxDA Byron Bay event of 2025 and SydDT #109, in a collaboration between IxDA Byron Bay and Sydney Design Thinking (SydDT)!

We’re thrilled to host Ben Pecotich, a designer, coach, and founder of Dynamic4 – a social enterprise and B Corp focused on leadership, design, and innovation. Ben will kick off with a ~30-minute talk, diving into the world of regenerative leadership and the ways we can design and innovate solutions that benefit people, place, and planet while fostering personal and community wellbeing.

He coaches and works alongside leaders to solve problems that matter by designing and building business models, products, and services that customers and teams love, make money, and do great things for people and our planet… all while increasing wellbeing.

Panel Discussion:
Following the talk, Ben will host a panel featuring NorRivean's:

• Dan Leverington - Founder / Commercial Sustainability Concierge at Ocelli Group
• Jane Laverty (Regional Director at Business NSW)
• Demi Barclay (Design at TAFE NSW)

The discussion will explore key questions such as:

• Why regenerative?
• How do we design, build, and launch business models, products, and services that are more regenerative, benefiting customers, teams, and communities?
• How do we make regeneration a practical reality within teams, organisations, and our everyday lives?
• What does it mean to be regenerative as individuals, and how can we design for our own life and work?

This event will provide practical insights for designers, leaders, innovators, and anyone interested in creating meaningful change in their community. Let’s dive into how regenerative design can help us make a positive impact in our work, lives, and society at large.

Come along to connect, learn, and be inspired by Ben’s experiences and the stories from our local panellists. Together, let’s explore how design and innovation can create happier communities for all of us.

Thanks to our event sponsors Business NSW, Dynamic4, and Just Digital People for making this possible.