Fjällgås – Regenerative Future

Fjällgås: Bringing living systems potential into existence.

We focus on
Regenerative Change Agents

Executives, entrepreneurs and project leaders who want to have a positive impact on our planet. People like you, who want to improve our planet, understand regeneration and put your passion into action.

Those who influence regenerative systemic change all have certain characteristics and competencies, which we conceptualised in our Regenerative Change Agents framework. We are here to guide you on this journey to put systemic changes into action in your organisation or project.

Innovative Regenerative Support

To move living systems potential into existence Fjällgås is on the forefront of innovation, entrepreneurship, biodiversity, agriculture, food and tourism as well as on personal, business and regenerative development & design through a cross-industry and transdisciplinary approach rooted in curiosity.

Regenerating is managing complexity.

We offer inspiration with a holistic understanding of the world we live in, focussing on our planetary problems and its solutions: a food systems transformation, our individual worldview change and regenerative leadership.

Through our Regenerative Change Agents framework and the Better Business Acceleration Program™ we guide you on your individual understanding of regeneration: turning you into a regenerative leader. Our bespoke guiding on Regenerative Design Strategies turn you and your team into regenerative practitioners.

Our expertise in business and entrepreneurial development guides you to strategize, execute and test the implementation of regenerative business models in your organisation or project: turning you into agents of regenerative change.

Collaboration

Creating a better world is a collaborative effort. We set up a collaborative network of Regenerative Change Agents. Through our ecosystem we engage experts to match your needs. These collaborations offer unique experiences for moving your own and your organisations potential into existence.

Learn with Us

The premise to bring living systems potential into existence is based on curiosity and an entrepreneurial mindset. We learn and improve with you. We use external transitions as a rich place of learning for internal transformations and help you speed up the process of putting living systems potential into action within your organisation. We walk the talk. We are not solely here to coach, consult, advise or mentor. We are putting what we preach into action in several of our own projects and start-ups.

Tune in on our Regenerative Change Agents podcast and listen to other change agents bringing living systems potential into existence.

Curious?

We speed things up for you by providing the inspiration to understand regeneration and the structures & frameworks to develop yourself and to strategize, execute and test the implementation of living system practices in your organisation.

Reach out to set up a free discovery call

Some of the organisations Fjällgås AB has worked with

Fjällgås Story

Fjällgås Metaphor

The metaphor, for our Nordic entrepreneurial and innovation focus, rooted in living systems thinking and improving biodiversity: is the Lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus), or the Fjällgås in Swedish. These little geese went almost extinct in Sweden in the 1970s and an unusual collaboration between nature and hunting organisations resulted in an innovative initiative to use Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) as foster parents to teach young Lesser white-fronted geese a new migration route towards safer wintering grounds in the Netherlands. This impactful living systems story emphasizes opportunity recognition, collaboration across borders and between disciplines, living systems thinking, improving biodiversity and connecting the dots to put regeneration into practice. As such our metaphor is like the Fjällgås, to hatch and grow your regenerative understanding of the world under our ‘foster wings’ and fly together into the direction of a better future for ourselves and our planet.

Why
Regeneration?

Regeneration is an inner approach to take self-responsibility, to look after nature and the next seven generations. The planetary boundaries framework provide us with an understanding of what we need to achieve for a reliable functioning ecosystem. The six boundaries we have crossed over are all related to our food production and our food consumption.

Changing to regenerative food production practices and healthy diets will improve the health of our planet, the health of our nature and the health of millions of people. To achieve that we need to support farmers who are willing to transition to, or start with, regenerative agricultural practices. Our future depends on the the health of our soil. The tourism phenomenon is the perfect tool to spread existing solutions for regeneration around the world and source the food from regenerative farmers. There are many ‘lineages’ of regeneration and that’s exactly as it should be – diverse, complex and emerging from place and community: rooted in the soil.

Fjällgås creates connections.

Charles co-creates the future together with executives, entrepreneurs, project leaders, researchers, tourists, bird nerds, farmers, food nerds, nature conservationists, naturalists, educators, families, architects, designers, artists, chefs, students, mentors and many more.

He does that through inspirational talks and guided journeys; by setting up a regenerative tourism destination for people interested in food, food production, nature conservation, education, birds and birdwatching; by supporting farmers who are already producing food in a regenerative way and farmers who want to transition towards regenerative practices; by supporting our mental and physical wellbeing through sauna’s; by supporting our own health through healthy food and beverages; and with a dream to set up his own regenerative farm, accommodation, incubator, conference space and living bird collection.

Charles van de Kerkhof

Highly passionate, open-minded and hands-on regenerative strategist, entrepreneur and connector of dots. Dutch by default: curious, sincere, self-aware, direct and efficient. Works cross-industries and transdisciplinary, consulting strong-willed executives, entrepreneurs and project leaders on the implementation of regenerative entrepreneurial practices in organisations, enterprises and start-ups.

Charles’ purpose is to accelerate the co-creation of thriving biodiversity.

He has been brought up in the tourism industry with a passion for nature. Whilst travelling and working in several European and African countries and exploring their local flora and fauna he first hand experienced our planet’s natural and social challenges. His curiosity and inquisitiveness gave him the passion and drive to explore how we can look after our planet’s biodiversity better. This led him to continuously work in tourism, entrepreneurship, innovation and foodscapes, as well as study and research these topics during three Master of science degrees, which provided him with systems thinking and with a critical, entrepreneurial and regenerative mindset.

When he is not working or studying, Charles is usually found outdoors: bird watching, improving his bushcraft skills, exploring the local flora & fauna or enjoying nature while hiking. As a keen gardener, homebrewer and maker of his own sourdough bread, he values regenerative agriculture and the role locally regeneratively produced food should play in our society. As a keen aviculturist Charles is always looking for social and natural possibilities for species and ecosystem regeneration. He is motivated by challenges and thanks to his educational and practical experience has developed a service-oriented character. Charles has a keen interest in mental health and wellbeing, cold bathing and saunas. As a qualified field guide in Southern Africa and working in the African safari industry for several years as well as managing his own living collection of birds, he embodies ecoliteracy and living systems thinking.

Charles has studied regeneration in leadership, tourism, agriculture, development & design, education, entrepreneurship, business and economics for the past five years and has implemented his learnings in his own enterprise and in his early stage start-ups. This experience and reflection between theory and practice made him connect the dots and find one solution to help himself and guide other entrepreneurs, executives and project leaders on implementing a regenerative mindset and approach in our business practices. Which is what he offers through Fjällgås AB.

Charles is an energetic and passionate entrepreneur, connector and ecosystem facilitator with deep knowledge about the subjects he is interested in. What sets him apart is his enthusiasm, his inquisitiveness to learn, his entrepreneurial background, broad combination of transdisciplinary experiences gained and his practical, hands-on, no fluff approach on solving problems. His wide scope of practical work experience within nature tourism in Africa and Europe, as well as working in the entrepreneurial and innovation support system in Sweden, gave him a holistic view of the world and the tools, skills and network to coach, consult, advise and mentor executives, entrepreneurs and project leaders to strategize, execute and test their regenerative entrepreneurial practices in their organisations.

Our Collaborative Network

Through our ecosystem of Regenerative Change Agents we engage experts to match your needs. Meet some of the most innovative and regenerative support practitioners in the world:

Elisabet Lagerstedt

Elisabet is the Founder and Director of Future Navigators. She helps executives, management teams, and non-executive boards to move beyond business as usual to build Better Business through the facilitation strategy and leadership development. Ultimately to co-create a better future. Elisabet is an experienced executive and the author of ‘Better Business Better Future’ (2022) and ‘Navigera in i framtiden’ (2018). She holds multiple certificates from leading business schools (Harvard, Oxford, etc.) and is certified as an Inner Development Goals Ambassador, Nordic B Leader, StageSHIFT Coach, and Non-Executive Board Director. She is also a fellow of the Institute of Coaching. Over the past decade, she has supported the development of senior leaders in companies like IKEA and Oatly, as well as change-making entrepreneurs.

Future Navigators

Future Navigators is a business, strategy, and leadership development consultancy on a mission to co-create Better Business and a better future. In our experience, this company delivers the best online program out there when you are in the beginning stages of your journey towards understanding Regeneration and our worldview change: The Better Business Acceleration Program™. In six modules, this online program structures the complexity of what we must consider in this mindset change and provides a rich library of resources. A major benefit is also that the online program is available at your own pace of learning and connects you to a growing community of like-minded individuals.

Purpose

Bringing living systems potential into existence.

Mission

Accelerate the co-creation of a regenerative future.

Vision

To transform lifestyles and contribute to regeneration as a solution for thriving biodiversity & communities within our planet’s boundaries.

Values

Open

We build trust through transparency and honesty; we are open to new ideas.

Agile

We learn and innovate quickly to achieve our goals and create impact.

Collaborative

We work with others to reach our goals.

Optimistic

We are hopeful, encouraging and courageous and not afraid of failure.

Inquisitive

We strive to increase our understanding, knowledge and skills.

Responsibility

We take care of our planet, our people and our livelihoods.

Fjällgås: Bringing liv­ing systems potential into existence.

We focus on Regenerative Change Agents