Scaling Resilience through Whole-System Innovation
- Date
- 2026-06-23
- Location
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Host
- REGEN HOUSE
About this event
Resilience is no longer something a single team, organisation, or sector can build on its own. If the systems around us are interconnected, then the way we respond to disruption, uncertainty, and change has to be interconnected too. This event brings people together to explore what it really takes to scale resilience through whole-system innovation. Expect a thoughtful, in-person gathering in London designed for people who want to move beyond siloed thinking and have sharper conversations about how change actually happens across communities, institutions, and networks. About the Event Scaling Resilience through Whole-System Innovation is a community-led, in-person meetup for people interested in the bigger picture of innovation, collaboration, and systems change. The focus is not just on resilience as an abstract idea, but on how resilience can be strengthened across entire systems through better relationships, better coordination, and more joined-up ways of working. This is the kind of event where networking has substance. Rather than treating connection as a side activity, the format is built around bringing people into the same room to exchange perspectives, compare approaches, and surface practical insight from different parts of the system. You can expect a social and professional atmosphere: open enough for honest conversation, structured enough to make your time feel well spent. Whether you work directly on resilience, innovation, community building, or adjacent challenges, the event is designed to help you think more clearly about the role you play in a wider ecosystem. What to Expect The session will likely combine informal networking with facilitated discussion around the event theme. The emphasis is on conversation, shared learning, and making sense of complex challenges with others who are also working across boundaries. Across the afternoon, expect a mix of: Introductions and context-setting to ground the conversation in the idea of whole-system innovation Peer exchange with people from different backgrounds, sectors, and areas of practice Focused discussion on how resilience can be scaled, not just piloted in isolated pockets Relationship-building that can continue beyond a single meetup Rather than a passive audience experience, this event is better understood as a live working conversation. You should come ready to listen carefully, contribute your own experience, and engage with ideas that may challenge narrow or familiar ways of thinking. The value of the format is that it creates room for both strategic and practical discussion. Some conversations may stay at the level of systems, policy, and coordination; others may focus on what collaboration looks like on the ground, where competing priorities, limited capacity, and real-world constraints shape what is possible. Why Attend If you care about resilience, you already know that most meaningful progress depends on more than good intentions or isolated innovation. It depends on understanding how parts of a system interact, where collaboration breaks down, and what it takes to create conditions for stronger collective response. This event offers a chance to step out of day-to-day delivery mode and examine those questions with others who are thinking at a similar level. That can be especially valuable if your work sits at the intersection of community, strategy, policy, design, partnerships, or organisational change. You should attend if you want to: Expand your thinking about resilience beyond individual projects or organisations Meet others working on connected challenges across community, innovation, and systems change Test your ideas in conversation with people who bring different assumptions and experience Identify patterns and opportunities that are easier to spot collectively than alone Build useful relationships with peers who may become future collaborators, sounding boards, or partners In-person events like this are particularly useful when the topic is complex. They create space for nuance, trust, and the kind of back-and-forth that often leads to better questions, not just faster answers. Practical Details This is an in-person event in London, United Kingdom, so you can expect face-to-face discussion and a stronger sense of connection than a typical online session. If you get energy from being in a room with thoughtful people and having conversations that evolve naturally, that is a key part of the appeal. The event takes place on Tuesday, June 23 at 1:30 PM GMT+1. As an afternoon meetup, it is well suited to people who want to break up the working day with something more reflective, relational, and forward-looking. Because the event sits at the intersection of community, networking, meetup, and social connection, it is worth arriving ready to introduce yourself clearly and speak about the systems, sectors, or challenges you care about. You do not need to have all the answers. You will get more from the experience if you come with curiosity, a willingness to contribute, and an interest in how resilience can be built at a scale larger than any one organisation can manage alone. If you have been looking for a room where people are taking systemic resilience seriously, and where conversation is grounded enough to be useful, this is a strong place to start.
Who should attend
This is for people who want to think and act beyond organisational silos, and who believe resilience is built through stronger systems, not isolated effort. - You work in **innovation, strategy, community building, partnerships, or systems change** and want to connect your day-to-day work to wider resilience challenges. - You are part of a **public, private, nonprofit, civic, or grassroots organisation** and need better ways to collaborate across sectors rather than staying inside one institutional lens. - You care about **how ideas scale in real systems**, including the messy parts: coordination, trust, incentives, shared ownership, and long-term adaptation. - You are looking for **high-quality peer conversation**, not just surface-level networking, and you value being in a room with thoughtful people asking difficult questions. - You are exploring how to make your community, organisation, or network **more adaptive, connected, and responsive** in the face of uncertainty or change. - You do your best thinking through dialogue and would benefit from an **in-person London meetup** where discussion, reflection, and relationship-building are central to the experience.