Print Email Facebook Twitter Design Thinking Tools to Catalyse Sustainable Circular Innovation Title Design Thinking Tools to Catalyse Sustainable Circular Innovation Author Bocken, Nancy (Universiteit Maastricht) Baldassarre, Brian (Universiteit Maastricht; Roskilde University) Keskin, Duygu (Eindhoven University of Technology) Diehl, J.C. (TU Delft Design for Sustainability) Contributor Lehtimäki, Hanna (editor) Aarikka-Stenroos, Leena (editor) Jokinen, Ari (editor) Jokinen, Pekka (editor) Date 2024 Abstract Design thinking is an innovation approach for organisations aiming to solve complex and open-ended problems, including those arising in the transition from a linear to a circular economic system. Although the importance has been recognised in business and academia, to date, insight is lacking on how design thinking can be applied within circular innovation specifically. We investigate the following research question: How can design thinking tools catalyse sustainable circular innovation? Based on the literature, we first create a framework that characterises design thinking principles, criteria and phases that could support circular innovation. The design thinking phases are ideate and design, implement and test, and evaluate and improve. The criteria include desirability, feasibility, viability and sustainability, and circularity. Finally, we identify the following principles that make design thinking suitable to tackle complex circular innovation challenges: human-centred, future-oriented, holistic, co-creative, and experimental. Consequently, against this framework, we map 11 tools that are suitable to catalyse circular innovation theory into practice through design thinking. Finally, we reflect on the future of research and practice around this subject. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3e45705e-6af5-42ea-8beb-adbce382ea6e DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003267492-21 Publisher Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, Oxon/New York, NY ISBN 978-1-032-21244-9 Source The Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy Bibliographical note The publication was funded by the University of Eastern Finland, Tampere University, LUT University, and the University of Turku. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights © 2024 Nancy Bocken, Brian Baldassarre, Duygu Keskin, J.C. Diehl Files PDF 9781000971415.pdf 8.94 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3e45705e-6af5-42ea-8beb-adbce382ea6e/datastream/OBJ/view