We are living in a time of profound transition.
The dominant systems that have shaped our cities, economies, and institutions, rooted in extraction, fragmentation, and short-term optimisation, are reaching their limits.
The system is cracking, and we cannot solve today’s challenges with yesterday’s paradigm. Most leaders in the built environment are still optimising projects, while the real leverage lies in how decisions shape entire systems.
Climate instability, biodiversity loss, and social fragmentation are not separate problems, but signals that the current way of thinking has reached its limits. At the same time, a new awareness is emerging: cities are not machines to control, but living systems to steward. This shift creates a clear question for leaders: how do you move from projects to systems without losing performance, returns, or decision-making clarity?
LEAD Between Worlds is designed for this moment. It is a focused, high-level leadership bootcamp for decision-makers in the built environment who want to rethink how they lead, invest, and create value. Not a conference. Not theory. Not a talking group. A practical space to shift how decisions are made, so organisations, investments, and urban environments can evolve as living systems— creating long-term systemic value across financial, ecological, and social dimensions.
Why this Bootcamp? Why Now?
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The old logic
Projects are still often driven by short-term performance, siloed thinking, and inherited decision models.
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The Real Challenge
Today’s complexity asks for a different kind of leadership: one that can see relationships, navigate uncertainty, and shape systems.
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The opportunity
The next generation of value in the built environment will be created by leaders who can move from fragmented decisions to regenerative systems thinking.
What is LEAD Between Worlds About?
LEAD Between Worlds is a carefully designed bootcamp for decision-makers seeking to move beyond the current paradigm and embrace a more regenerative approach to leadership in the built environment. Set amidst nature in the Netherlands, it fosters conditions for deep reflection, strategic dialogue, and practical realignment. You will not depart with vague inspiration. Instead, you will leave with clearer thinking, actionable next steps, and renewed clarity about the role you are here to play.
This is:
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A focused leadership bootcamp
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Peer-level exchange
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Strategic reflection with practical application
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A curated and intimate group
This is not:
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A summit
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A theory-heavy workshop
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Another ESG seminar
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Another talking group
In the days, you will..
This bootcamp is anchored in four leadership moves for the regenerative transition.
Reframe your role
Move from project-centric leader to life shaper.
Strengthen decision-making
Build greater clarity and confidence in the face of complexity and uncertainty.
Align capital with long-term value
Explore how investment, performance, and systemic value can work together.
Work on real strategic challenges
Bring your own questions and engage with peers at your level.
Leave with clear next steps
Walk away with practical actions you can implement right away in your organisation.
The L.E.A.D. Framework
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Lead beyond the known
Expand your view of your role and responsibilities.
We examine the assumptions behind your current decisions and identify where they are no longer serving you.
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Evolve decision-making
Move beyond inherited logic and fragmented choices.
We work through a real strategic challenge you are facing right now, with peers who will push your thinking.
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Align capital with life
Connect investment with long-term vitality and resilience.
We explore where your investment logic and your long-term values are in tension and how to move it forward.
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Design for systemic value
Shift from isolated outcomes to strengthening the whole.
We map one concrete shift you can make when you return, moving from a project outcome to a system contribution.
For whom are these bootcamps (not) for?
LEAD Between Worlds is designed for leaders in the built environment who shape strategy, capital, portfolios, partnerships, and long-term direction.
Decision-makers from:
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Architects and design firms, developers, builders;
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Real estate owners, institutional investors;
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Banks, investors, insurers, pension funds;
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Property, facility, infrastructure, and utility managers;
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Public organisations such as the central government, provinces, and municipalities;
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Educational institutions such as universities/universities of applied sciences.
These bootcamps are especially relevant for those who feel that the old model no longer works, feel in-betweenness or in a liminal space, yet want a serious, commercially credible path forward.
A different kind of setting, curated with care
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Curated peer group (10 - 14);
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High-trust dialogue;
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Small-scale and intimate;
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Language / content: English;
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Nature-based setting;
We are not looking for more people. We are looking for the right people in the room.
The first curated edition of LEAD Between Worlds will be held in the Netherlands on June 17 - 18, 2026 (a week after Provada), in a beautiful natural environment designed to encourage reflection, dialogue, and a shift in perspective.
The setting matters. Because new decisions rarely emerge from the same conditions that produced the old ones.
Expect a carefully held experience with strategic conversations, immersive dialogue, and time to step back from day-to-day pressures.
Hosting Team
Alejandra Torres Dromgold
Host and Mentor of REGEN101
Mission Steward of UR.World
Regenerative Business Leader
Alejandra works at the intersection of leadership, human development, and regeneration. With 25+ years of experience across the built environment, entrepreneurship, environmental stewardship, and valuation and investment, she mentors leaders to birth and grow purpose-driven companies and create regenerative legacies.
Menno Lammers
Host and Mentor of REGEN101
Mission Steward of UR.World
Regenerative Business Leader
Menno works at the intersection of the urban environment, leadership, and regeneration. With 20+ years of experience across the built environment, sustainability, innovation, and PropTech, he helps leaders move from fragmented decision-making to regenerative urban futures.
Together, we bridge the inner and outer dimensions of regeneration, linking personal transformation to organisational and urban change. Where Menno focuses on decision-making and systemic design, Alejandra strengthens the human capacity required to lead within living systems. This combination creates a powerful dynamic, enabling leaders in urban environments not only to rethink how they make decisions but also to reflect on who they are as leaders during times of transition.
Your Investment
WATER | Day participant
1.750€Full bootcamp, day format. All sessions, all peers, depart in the evening.- Ideal for independent leaders
- Intake call
- Access to the full bootcamp
- Access to all materials
- Lunches, drinks, and snacks
- Best Value
FIRE | Full experience
2.500€Full bootcamp, overnight. Adds the evening session, breakfast, and a 1:1 mentor session after.- Ideal for leaders ready for a fully immersive experience
- Intake call
- Access to the full bootcamp
- Access to all materials
- Lunches, drinks, snacks, diner, and breakfast
- Overnight stay (1 night)
- Evening session
- One 1:1 mentor session (1h) after the bootcamp
EARTH | Leadership Duo
4.750€Full bootcamp for two. Everything in Fire, for an organisational duo, plus a post-bootcamp integration call together.- Ideal for an organisational duo to build a shared language
- Intake call
- Access to the full bootcamp
- Access to all materials
- Lunches, drinks, snacks, diner, and breakfast
- Overnight stay (1 night / 2 places)
- Evening session
- Post-bootcamp duo integration call
- 1:1 mentor session (1h) per participant after the bootcamp
Our Final Invitation
If you've read this far, something in here already spoke to you.
Maybe it's the frustration of knowing the old playbook no longer works — but not yet having a clear alternative. Maybe it's the sense that the real conversations aren't happening in the rooms you're currently in. Or maybe it's simply the recognition that this particular moment in the built environment asks for a different quality of thinking than you've had space to develop.
Whatever brought you here, that recognition is enough.
LEAD Between Worlds is designed for exactly this moment. Not for leaders who have it all figured out, but for those who are willing to think more honestly about what it means to lead well right now. In good company, in a setting that makes it possible, with just enough structure to go deep and enough space to find your own clarity.
There are only 8 to 12 places, and we are looking for the right fit — for you and for the group.
If this feels like what you need, reach out. We'll have a short conversation to see if the timing and the fit are right. No obligation, no hard sell. Just a conversation.
We'd love for you to be in the room.