
Approach & Resources
Cascading’s approach and models come from an openness and willingness to propose how business can be a more conscious, thriving and contributing participant on Earth.

Cascading’s Approach
Learn more about our grounding theories, practical scope of work, and strategic model.

Revealing natural systems' fractal intelligence at a nano scale
Co-written between Sue Okerstrom, Daniela Esponda, and Carolina Fernandez-Jansink, this article describes five sessions of Nature Experience Radical Design (NERD) workshop where participants were taken through a deepening connection experience and innovation practices with a sense of awe.

The Business Case for A Collaboration Economy and its Application
The article highlights the significance of reciprocity as a basis of Life-contributing relationships and value creation. We are proud to have contributed and collaborated on this article authored by Fabian Feutlinske about how to apply Living systems principles of collaboration to businesses.

Living-Asset Stewardship: How Organizational Learning Leads to Exceptional Market Returns
Jay Bragdon, a highly esteemed founding mentor to Cascading, and Richard Karash discuss the importance of bringing Living Systems to the table for investment decisions.

Companies that Mimic Life: The New Profit Leaders
In this article, Jay Bragdon and Jeanne V. Bragdon discuss the business case of bringing Life attributes and priorities to businesses. Companies that mimic life have better financial performance compared to their peers, based on Jay's laboratory research of publicly traded companies.

Living systems and System Change Investing
Frank Dixon and Carolina Fernandez-Jansink introduce the model of Total Corporate Responsibility as a new-old way to relate Living systems to the corporate world through whole system thinking.

Money as Water: Reflecting on the Current Financial/Economic System with Water
This article shares the harvest of an event at Nyenrode Business School in the Netherlands initiated by Li An Phoa of Drinkable Rivers and Carolina Fernandez-Jansink. The event involved collective reflections on how money might behave more like water and play a Life-nurturing role.

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