Projects

Global South City Index & Report

A driver-based benchmarking tool to assess the foundational conditions that enable cities to compete over the long term.

Global South Cities Index and Report is a global project on city competitiveness in the next economy.
It is a multilayered urban intelligence tool covering
41 Global South cities and 9 Global North cities.

The Index evaluates cities across three interlocking pillars: urban competitiveness, business environment, and investment attractiveness – using over 250 traditional and new-economy indicators, 25 million datapoints drawn from big-data sources, and social listening analysis of more than 2 million posts and messages.

Future-Proof Governance Assessment Framework

The Future-Proof Governance Assessment Framework helps governments assess their readiness for the future, identify capability gaps, and build more adaptive, data-driven, and resilient governance systems.

Assessment of future readiness of governments and building future-proof governance strategies

Future-Proof Governance Assessment — Overview
Objective

Assess and enhance a government’s readiness to navigate complexity, uncertainty, and rapid transformation

Holistic Diagnostic

Evaluate governance capabilities across key pillars through document analysis, stakeholder interviews, data review, and public sector surveys

Global Benchmarking

Compare performance with international peers to identify gaps, strengths, and positioning within global best and emerging practices 

Governance Profiling

Define a clear “current state” vs. “future ambition” and map critical capability gaps

Strategic Alignment

Facilitate high-level sessions and expert workshops to align on priorities, ambition, and transformation pathways

Actionable Roadmaps

Deliver tailored recommendations, capacity-building priorities, and implementation pathways grounded in foresight and real-world examples

Outputs

Produce internal and public-facing reports to guide decision-making and position the country within next-generation governance discourse 

Regenerative Economies: Transnational Bioregional Development Project

Working with local partners and indigenous elders in 12 countries and 15 bioregions, the initiative aims to resolve long-standing conflicts, deliver early local solutions, and unlock place-based potential.

Regenerative Economies: World Institute for Regenerative Certifications

A newly formed institute focused on building new capabilities in investment and governance leaders to transition single assets, portfolios, funds and places, delivering verifiable systemic impacts across ecologies, economies, societies, and cultures.

 

WIRCS is a newly formed institute focused on building new capabilities in investment and governance leaders to transition single assets, portfolios, funds and places, delivering verifiable systemic impacts across ecologies, economies, societies and cultures.

Core Areas of Focus for WIRCS

Programs for systemic economic development for national and regional government
Regenerative Leadership

At least 51% of board and C-suite leaders complete the Regenerative Leaders Certification, building clarity on nested systems and systemic potential.

Traceable, Verifiable Impact

Systemic impacts are transparently tracked, reported, and audited using regenerative methodologies and approved technologies.

Regenerative Strategy & Operations

Regenerative methodologies are applied across core strategy, implementation, investment, product and service design, and governance processes.

Integrated Systemic Outcomes

Measurable impacts are achieved across economic, ecological, social, and cultural-heritage systems.