Nature of Change
Possibility of Change
Most leaders know their company must change. But there is not a lot of change happening. Before asking how circularity transformation works, we ask whether it can happen at all.
Connection
Cultural resonance domain of Circudynamics focused on human adoption and liberal arts wisdom. Understands how communities actually adopt change through relationships, stories, and shared meaning. Uses cultural intelligence, mythological analysis, and relationship mapping to ensure transformation honors human values and creates genuine community rather than imposed compliance.
Summer Reading 2026
Summer Reading 2026
A season spent with canonical works on circularity, systems, strategy, Lean, and craft.
Summer Reading 2026
Made to Stick
Circularity is a complicated idea that needs to be simplified to be remembered. The Heath brothers wrote the book on that, and it points to a story we should have been telling all along.
Summer Reading 2026
Build
Circularity transformation needs a cornucopia of new-to-world products, made quickly and well. Tony Fadell's method for making them is repeatable.
Summer Reading 2026
Understanding Media
Marshall McLuhan is as pertinent today as he was in 1964, and the reason is his definition of media, which is broader than ours. Circularity transformation needs a media strategy in his sense of the word. Here is what he meant.
Circular Fundamentals
The Circular Economy: A User's Guide
The summer reading season opens with Walter Stahel's introductory text — a book that reaches for what's still missing: a longing for the circular economy.
Automat
The Commissary
What if the best place in town were the one we all went to? The Commissary is the Automat reborn — good food made special, and within everyone's reach.
Carousel of Plenty
The Curated Wardrobe
What if your wardrobe just got better instead of bigger? The Curated Wardrobe is clothier as tailor at scale — so anyone can dress smart.
New Deal
A New Deal You Can Acquire For Yourself
Personal sovereignty in energy, attention, time, and your relationship with things. The Circular Century is a New Deal you can acquire for yourself — the full inheritance of a surplus you were always owed.
On the Bubble
Why Self-Disrupt?
The environmental imperative is the reason to begin. This is about why you'll be glad you did it. Have to versus get to. Part I of a two-part conclusion.
Future Proofing
Vendor Dependency and the Loveless Long-Term Relationship
In a performance economy, the product is a vessel. The software is the spirit. What happens when the spirit departs?
Diplomacy
From Managers to Diplomats
Managing within a system in decline is a form of denial.