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Nicole Bastien Nicole Bastien

Distance ・ Reflections On Economy, Consequences, and Regeneration

Distance is a contemplation on regenerative economy, consequence, and the social practice of economy. Moving between lived experience in South African townships and broader questions of economic development, the essay challenges conventional assumptions about money, investment, and public policy. It proposes that regeneration emerges whenever systems keep decisions connected to the lives they affect.

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Nicole Bastien Nicole Bastien

I Exchanged Distance for Proximity

I still love strategy. Only, I just think you cannot build a good one from a distance. What I learned about strategy while doing fieldwork

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Nicole Bastien Nicole Bastien

The Beginning of Community Economy

Bloemfontein. August 2025. Namibia Township. 53 people (15-68 yrs) gathered to share what matters for a good life in their community. When people asked what to expect, we said honestly, we don't know.

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There comes a moment when what has always worked quietly stops working. That's where we meet.

Founders, leaders, investors, municipalities, or restless changemakers. Different responsibilities and different realities. But they all feel the same urgency for change. Our work might take the form of a long-term advisory relationship, a strategic engagement, a conversation over tea, or a keynote that changes the perspective in the room. The format depends on your situation and the work we can do together.

Offer

  • Strategic and project-based advisory for organizations, governments, investors, and municipalities navigating complexity, transition, and long-term change.

  • Close-up of a speaker with a dark background, with a small stream of liquid, possibly oil, dripping from the top. Text overlaid reads 'THE TEA ROOM'.

    Private or shared conversations about the future economy we are building. Exploring the regenerative economy in practice, Community Economy, leadership, transformation, and the realities of fieldwork.

  • A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair stands on stage in front of a blue and red segmented backdrop with the words "Speaking" visible. She is wearing a black blazer and white top, with shoes visible at her feet.

    Speaking on my favorites: humanity in the economy, community economy development, community capital, economies in transition, the forces that shape them, and what leadership looks like when the ground is shifting.

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