Episode 50 – Thinking differently

In this season, we’ve featured another 9 amazing, talented people, helping to make the circular economy happen. Our guests have been from the USA, Chile, Ghana, Spain and the UK. We’ve heard valuable insights, shared by people working in startups, in well-established companies, and working to support those with new ideas, or to make existing businesses more circular. And yet again, I’m struggling to fit all the brilliant tips and lessons learned into this round-up episode. A recurring theme was the advice to use different ways of thinking. You can link up with people from outside your organisation, you can use different design perspectives, like biomimicry, lean innovation or systems thinking, and you can develop your own process to help you think about the complete cycle, as we’ll hear later. We’ve chosen highlights on how thinking differently can help you succeed with circular from: * Sandra Goldmark, author of Fixation: how to have stuff without breaking the planet, * Brian Bauer of Algramo, * Richard James MacCowan of Biomimicry Innovation Lab, * Tamsin Chislett of Onloan, * Peter Desmond of the African Circular Economy Network, * Gary Giles of OGEL, Joanna Bingham of Footprints Africa, * Paraskevi Fotoglou from Camira Fabrics, * Ryan Edwards of Naked Innovations. Read on for a summary of the podcast and links to the people, organisations and other resources we mention. You can subscribe to the podcast series on iTunes, Google Podcasts, PlayerFM, Spotify, TuneIn, or search for "circular economy" in your favourite podcast app.  Stay in touch to get free insights and updates, direct to your inbox... Links we mention in the episode: * A Circular Economy Handbook: How to Build a More Resilient, Competitive and Sustainable Business - buy from any good bookseller, or direct from the publisher Kogan Page, which ships worldwide (free shipping to UK and US) and you can use discount code CIRCL20 to get 20% off: https://www.koganpage.com/CircEcon2 It's available in paperback, ebook and on Kindle. If you buy it from online sources, make sure you choose the new edition with an orange cover! * Catherine’s Blog: Through the lens of this pandemic, is your business providing what the world needs? Use ikigai principles to align your business purpose for people, planet & profit. https://www.rethinkglobal.info/ikigai-business-purpose/ * Dr Edward de Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats http://www.edwarddebonofoundation.com/Creative-Thinking-Techniques/Six-Thinking-Hats.html * Ep 5 - Katie Beverley – Ecodesign https://www.rethinkglobal.info/episode-5-katie-beverley-ecodesign/ * Ep 6 - Adam Fairweather - reimagine waste https://www.rethinkglobal.info/adam-fairweather-reimagine-waste/ * Episode 16 - Sophie Thomas of Thomas Matthews https://www.rethinkglobal.