Performance Economy

Performance Economy

Armed conflicts and the linear economy – Are they interconnected? Economic actors of the performance economy enjoy a high resilience against “black...

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Buildings for today and tomorrow

Buildings for today and tomorrow

News November 18, 2021
Circular Life of Buildings
The global population is set to reach 8 billion people within the next decade. That means the demand for housing has never been greater than right now. At the same time, the construction sector is a major polluter globally. It consumes around 40% of our annual spend of raw materials and over a quarter of our global energy consumption.

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Get Ready for Industry 4.0

Get Ready for Industry 4.0

News November 18, 2021
Get Ready for Industry 4.0
Ever accelerating technological advancement, the climate change crisis and the COVID19 pandemic are ushering in a new industrial paradigm: A digital-empowered, technology-driven, sustainable industrial revolution if you will. Robots are getting increasingly interconnected and intelligent. They collaborate without the interference of humans and collects and analyses data on their own. Companies and organisations across the entire business sphere will have to adapt to these new technologies to remain competitive.

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Circular Design: Making Resources Last

Circular Design: Making Resources Last

Everything that man-made was planned. This implies that each object was designed with the aim of serving a certain function in our lives, whether utilitarian or simply aesthetic. However, as society develops, so do disciplines. Product design today serves a variety of purposes other than simply creating products that are useful to the final consumer: the power of design is being used to guide an increasing number of strategic decisions, demonstrate how design choices can influence business models, and improve the performance of companies, among other things.

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Upskilling & Reskilling for a Green Revolution

Upskilling & Reskilling for a Green Revolution

For over 2 centuries, we have developed and perfected the linear model of manufacturing: Extract resources from nature — refine and manufacture goods — consume and throw away…

This is the model of consumption we have been training the workforce for, for generations. However, climate changes, increasingly frequent environmental disasters, and the global pollution crisis is forcing us to stop this destructive behaviour. We need to take action and change now — today, not tomorrow.

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Three reasons why we must urgently upskill and reskill the workforce

Three reasons why we must urgently upskill and reskill the workforce

The need for continuous upskilling and reskilling as part of a lifelong learning culture is becoming increasingly apparent. The disruptive trends driving this need, including climate change, and emerging technologies have been underway for quite some time. The difference now is that the pace of emerging technologies is accelerating and converges with as well as enables the transition to a Circular Economy (CE). The pandemic has only propelled even further the digital transformation of companies and a reconsideration of work modalities. CE is the means to achieve decoupling of economic growth from resource use, eliminate waste by design and prevent environmental collapse. It offers a viable pathway to grow out of the linear economy. The converging changes mean that individuals must navigate a steep learning curve and adapt to the need for continuous upskilling and reskilling to remain relevant and ahead of the curve in the new working landscape.

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