Regenerative Possibility Chains (RPCs) Primer
Hi friends —
I work on a team of Futurists, and over the past several years, we have developed a tool for tracking and mapping how multiple forces across science, technology, economics, geopolitics, environment, and philosophy are converging to create unprecedented complexity. This model raises awareness that we’re not facing isolated challenges, but interlocking pressures that can amplify each other and push entire societal systems toward fragility or even systemic collapse.
Against this backdrop, I’ve developed Regenerative Possibility Chains (RPCs) as a practical response framework. RPCs help us not just see how systems can fracture under stress — but how we might redirect that same pressure toward coherent, regenerative pathways that hold life together through complexity.
If you work on the foresight, systems change, sustainability, community organizing, or regenerative development, I’d love your feedback:
Does this resonate?
Is it useful?
Who would benefit from it?
What real-world use cases come to mind?
I’d like to continue development on this, but only if it genuinely benefits the broader regenerative community.
What’s a Regenerative Possibility Chain?
A Regenerative Possibility Chain maps how a complex system under pressure can fracture — and how we can redirect that rupture in a positive direction. It helps people understand how collapse pathways and regenerative pathways are interconnected, allowing us to design more effective interventions.
The 6 Steps
Here’s the basic flow:
1️⃣ Anchor Pressure — Identify the core stress or pressure point in the system.
2️⃣ Rupture Propagation — Understand how that pressure might fracture or cascade through the system.
3️⃣ Hinge Point — Spot where the system might pivot: a window for redirection.
4️⃣ Redirection — Activate tools like attractors, constraints, leverage points, hinge-ready infrastructure, or living semantics to steer the system toward regeneration.
5️⃣ Attractor Maturity — Help regenerative patterns stabilize and take hold.
6️⃣ Lived System State — Embed new regenerative norms as the new baseline.
Tools Inside the Chain
RPCs combine ideas from complexity and regenerative design — like:
Attractors (patterns that draw a system toward coherence)
Constraints (enabling, limiting, or dark — conditions that shape system behavior in regenerative or destructive directions)
Leverage Points (small interventions with big systemic impact)
Hinge-Ready Infrastructure (capacities prepared before a tipping point)
Living Semantics (shared meaning as social infrastructure)
Storytelling & Regenerative Literacy (making change legible and actionable)
It’s a simple scaffolding — adaptable to many contexts.
🔍 Why I’m Sharing This Now
This started as a 6-part Medium series — but I want it to live as a shared resource that anyone can adapt, use, and evolve. I’m committed to keeping it open source, but only if it resonates and serves real-world work.
How You Can Help
Your feedback will help shape the next steps.
✅ Does it resonate?
✅ Is it useful?
✅ Who would benefit?
✅ What use cases come to mind?
Please comment below, reply via email, or share your thoughts on my LinkedIn post. If you’d like to go deeper, you can view the entire series on Medium here.
Thank you for helping me grow this — let’s see what’s possible, together.
— Dave
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