This course will help you to develop new ways of creating value from the application of circular economy thinking, design and business models.

This course will introduce you to multiple models of circular innovation to help achieve process efficiencies across various business functions. You will also be supported in your development of alternative circular ecosystem designs, business models and value propositions for future development in your business.

 

At a glance

  • Dates
    • Please enquire for course dates
  • Duration2.5 Days
  • LocationCranfield campus
  • Cost£1,250 Concessions available

Course structure

Day 1 (8 hours)

  • Icebreaker: Perspectives Games (30 mins)
  • Introduction to Corporate Sustainability and Sustainable Innovation (1.5 hour)
  • Industry Problems and Process Efficiencies (1 hour)
  • Introduction to Circular Economy (1 hour)
  • Circular Economy and Innovation (1 hour)
  • Exploring Sustainable and Circular Scenarios (3 hours) 

Day 2 (8 hours)

  • Design for Circular Economy (1 hour)
  • Circular Economy and Industry 4.0 / 5.0 (1 hour)
  • Circular Ecosystems and Business Models (1 hour)
  • Circular Ecosystem and Business Model Innovation Workshop (3 hours)
  • Circular Economy in Textile industry: case studies (2 hours)

Day 3 (Half day)

  • Presentations and Feedback
  • Wrap-up and Reflections

What you will learn

The objective of this short course is to help you to explore the feasibility of Circular Ecosystems and Business Models and to enable its senior managers to co-create a viable roadmap for the implementation of these in the business. Students will be divided into functional teams, with each team working on one of the five alternative Circular Business Models.

The course is designed to encourage collaboration between students, through workshop activities and group work.

 

Core content

Each day will take place on consecutive days at 果酱视频官网’s Centre for Design Engineering (C4DE).
 
Day 1 - Sets up the challenge, introduces key concepts, and challenges you to engage in systems/ecosystems thinking.
 
Day 2 - Introduces design for circular economy principles and the circular ecosystems and business models, as well as touching on the role of digital technology in facilitating these. Splitting into teams, each will apply the concepts and frameworks to develop an outline circular value proposition, inspired by some case studies of achievements in other organisations. Teams will be expected to continue to develop the outline proposition, with input from the wider business.
 
Day 3 - Each team will present their proposals and receive feedback from faculty, their fellow participants, and other attendees during a half-day session.

Who should attend

The course is suitable for all creative and motivated individuals, innovators, entrepreneurs, managers, function and business leaders with an interest in developing new ecosystem value propositions from opportunities presented by the transition towards a circular economy. No previous experience of Circular Innovation is necessary.

Accommodation options and prices

Accommodation is available at Mitchell Hall which is located on campus. All rooms are en-suite and bookings are on a half-board basis. If you would like to book accommodation for this short course at Mitchell Hall, please indicate this on the registration form and we will arrange this for you. 

Alternatively, you may wish to make your own arrangements at a nearby hotel.

Location and travel

果酱视频官网 is situated in Bedfordshire close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The University is located almost midway between the towns of Bedford and Milton Keynes and is conveniently situated between junctions 13 and 14 of the M1.

London Luton, Stansted and Heathrow airports are 30, 90 and 90 minutes respectively by car, offering superb connections to and from just about anywhere in the world. 

For further location and travel details

Location address

果酱视频官网
College Road
Cranfield
Bedford
MK43 0AL

Read our Professional development (CPD) booking conditions.