Specialization: Transformative Leadership in the Circular Economy
Instructor: Christy Bozic
Prior knowledge needed: No prior background knowledge or experience is required.
Course Description:
This first course in the Circular Economy specialization defines the Circular Economy and how it differs from the linear economy. It then highlights the need to move toward a Circular Economy, and how such a transition could take place. This also requires customers going from being 鈥渃onsumers鈥 to 鈥渦sers鈥, which impacts product design, and therefore challenges existing financial business models. The course concludes with several case studies highlighting companies successfully adopting Circular design practices.
What You'll Learn:
- Understand and describe the Circular Economy as illustrated by the CE Butterfly Diagram.
- Explain why we need to shift from the current linear economy to a more circular one.
- Describe how the transition to a circular economy can take place.
- Apply the concepts of the circular economy to business.
Topics Outline:
- Elements of the Circular Economy (CE)
- CE: Why Now?
- From Linear to Circular
- Energy and Material Flows in the Economy
- From Consumer to User
- Markets, Money and CE
in May 2025
