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Designing a Circular Economy

Designing a Circular Economy

That’s the radical promise of the Circular Economy: moving from our traditional take-make-dispose economy, to one that has a closed loop, where materials, nutrients, and data are continuously repurposed.…

Design Lessons from the Cultural Exchange on Red Note

Words by Zoey Zhu and Savannah Kunovsky

Design Lessons from the Cultural Exchange on Red Note

But thanks to the change in TikTok’s legal status in the U.S. all of a sudden, we’re seeing a digital cultural exchange. On Red Note, people from the two countries are helping each other solve math problems and complete English assignments.…

Every Business Has a Part to Play in Building Better Health

Words By Tim Brown & Joanne Cheung, Visuals By Kavya Singh Barthwal

Every Business Has a Part to Play in Building Better Health

Communities: Support local economic resilience.…

The Freelancer's Guide to Hustling

Words By Danae Sterental & Tiffany Knight Visuals By Charlota Blunarova

The Freelancer's Guide to Hustling

With the rise of the gig economy, the workplace has changed dramatically—and for the better, we think. The definition of a “long and successful career” has been flipped on its head.…

Transformation Through Creative Leadership

Transformation Through Creative Leadership

After 40 years of rapid change, China has reached a pivotal point in its growth trajectory, leaving space for innovation and exciting new approaches to define the new economy.…

5 Ways to Think Like a Designer, from an IDEO Partner

Words By Leif Huff Visuals By Anuja Shukla

5 Ways to Think Like a Designer, from an IDEO Partner

But today's students—the next generation of leaders—have grown up in a sharing economy where not just goods, but also values are exchanged. And that keeps me optimistic about the future.…

How Creative Leadership Can Transform Companies and Society

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How Creative Leadership Can Transform Companies and Society

After 40 years of rapid development, China's economic growth has reached a critical turning point. However, looking at the world, today is also the most complex and uncertain era in human history.…

A Sustainable Future Should Be an Abundant One

A Sustainable Future Should Be an Abundant One

It’s a circular economy. Those principles that nature uses to create abundance can be hugely guiding for us. No one wants to be told we're heading toward a place where we will have less. And less is not IDEO’s vision—abundance is.…

In the tariff era, circularity is the new competitive edge

Words by Sergio Fregoni & Visuals by Beth Holzer

In the tariff era, circularity is the new competitive edge

It’s time to embrace the circular economy—not merely as an environmental initiative, but as a core strategy for building resource independence and business resilience in volatile times. Closing the loop.…

How Play Can Lead the Way to a Sustainable Future

How Play Can Lead the Way to a Sustainable Future

also developing deep expertise in understanding how play can shift consumer behaviors, overcome organizational blockers and empower us to take action—three important lessons that can help us make significant strides in transitioning our world to a circular economy…