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Circular Design Guide (Ellen MacArthur Foundation + IDEO)

Tool	Scope
User-centred Research	Focusing in on consumers and other users across the whole system
Circular brainstorming	Brainstorming ideas around the principles of circularity
Embed Feedback Mechanisms	Embed feedback mechanism to allow for continuous and agile learning
Smart material Choices	Understand the breakdown of materials that go into your product
Concept selection	Prioritise which circular concepts to take forward
Rapid Prototyping	Create rough and rapid prototypes to test your concept and mitigate risk

DIY, Development Impact & You (Nesta)

Tool	Scope
Creative workshop	I want to generate new ideas by working together with people who experience and solve problems.
Fast idea generator	I want to generate new ideas by thinking differently.
Thinking hats	I want to generate new ideas by framing a constructive discussion with my team.
Value mapping	I want to generate new ideas by aligning our work based on shared values.
Improvement triggers	I want to test and improve by understanding what is most effective in my work.
Prototype testing plan	I want to test and improve by collecting useful feedback on my work at different phases.
Experience map	I want to test and improve by creating an overview of how I engage with my stakeholders.
Blueprint	I want to test and improve by crafting a detailed overview of our operations and resources.

Systemic Design Toolkit (Namahn + Shiftn)

Tool	Scope
Connectors	The intervention model describes the DNA of change within a system; it contains the principles/ activities that will enable change in the system. By looking at how interventions connect and reinforce each other, you can envision an effective strategy for change.
Paradox cards	The paradox cards stimulate paradoxical thinking: bringing together the opposite sides of a problematic situation to achieve solutions for the whole.

Service Design Toolkit (Namahn)

Tool	Scope
Test preparation	First determine which touch points you want to test and then describe what you need for each touch point.
Test & evaluation	For each activity, make a note of what the most positive and most negative experience is.
Blueprint	Service front office and back office
Roadmap	Organisational entities and KPIs

Making Sense Toolkit (Fab Lab Barcelona, WAAG Society, NL Dundee University, UK EC Joint Research Center, BE PEN Educational Network, KS)

Tool	Scope
Awareness sheet	Helps people developing an understanding when they have strong views on an issue.
Data discussion sheet	Enables participants to discuss and reflect on who owns the data, how it should be stored, managed and shared, and what we can learn from it.
Data dashboard	Can play an important role in increasing knowledge and understanding for the whole community, and can become a catalyst for further action. The better the data visualisation, the easier it is to understand it.
Digital presence	To document the ambition of the community of participants, the progress towards the goal, as well as the findings to date.
Future newspaper	Helps kick-start the creative and critical process by asking participants to imagine a variety of desirable futures.
Co-creation assemblies	Helpful in understanding the various ways in which participants perceive and address the issue, and how it fits into the community’s sense of itself.

Product-Service Systems Toolkit (PSS Toolkit) (• Brussels Environment, Ecores, Groupe One, Strategic Design Scenarios and Egerie Research)

Tool

Scope

Incubation workshops for new business models

A. FORMAT OF THE WORKSHOP step 1: warming up; step 2: generating new PSS solutions; step 3: developing the solutions (System Map, Offering diagram); step 4: identifying the levers, obstacles and players. B. RESULTS OF THE GENERATION PHASE Framework business plan. Organised by key topic, the objective of each thematic workshop is to co-construct one or more innovative PSS solutions with the participants.

Circular Economy Playbook (Sitra, Technology Industries of Finland and Accenture)

Tool	Scope
Culture gap analysis	For analysing how circular your current company culture is and outlining activities to bridge identified culture gaps.
Ecosystem partner identification	For identifying external partners that can help in bridging internal capability and technology gaps.
Funding requirement analysis	For reflecting on funding requirements of your selected circular business model.
Roadmap development	For planning your circular transformation journey, including list of activities and key milestones.
Business model canvas	For crystallising your circular business model by reflecting on its key building blocks, including your value proposition, infrastructure, customers and financing.