WINTER 2026  

Circular Cities

Urban centers are taking the lead
in sustainability

Table of Contents
Circular Economy

Turning Cities into “Living Labs”

Urban areas are the perfect place for sustainable innovation experiments

Circular Economy
How Much Data Should You Share?

The EU's digital product passport highlights data-sharing governance tensions


Circular Economy
Modeling Net Positive Energy

Digital twins can help Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) create more renewable energy than they consume

In-Depth

Cities can serve as accelerators of circular, regenerative innovation by becoming "living labs" for experiments in sustainable food, energy, construction, and waste.

The EU's digital product passport highlights the tensions involved in managing data-sharing in cross-sector partnerships.

Fragmented city infrastructure can undermine the impact of circular business models, which may otherwise have thrived at the enterprise level.

Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are urban areas that produce more renewable energy than they consume


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Circular Economy
Fight Hunger with Rescued Food

Adapting supply chain orchestration for circularity at Kuala Lumpur's Lost Food Project

Circular Economy
Dynamic Capabilities That Don't Fail

Transformative change requires a systematic approach to circularity

Circular Economy
Startups Fixing Fast Fashion

How three innovative companies from London's circular fashion economy have overcome urban infrastructure challenges

Circular Economy
Modeling Net Positive Energy

Digital twins can help Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) create more renewable energy than they consume

Spotlight
Capabilities
What Chinese Firms Do Differently

Comparing leading Chinese and US companies in six key sectors

Digital Marketing
Influence Doesn't Retire

Mature influencers and content creators can help appeal to older consumers

Security & Privacy
Data Breaches: Fight AI with AI

The same AI capabilities that pose an increased data risk to firms can be adapted to enhance security


Sales
The Value of Voice in E-Commerce

The same AI capabilities that pose an increased data risk to firms can be adapted to enhance security



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Insight
Culture

Making Organizational Culture Great

Organizational culture be changed, and matters on the bottom line

Artificial Intelligence
Tacit Knowledge is Your Next Competitive Moat

Building agentic AI systems that amplify your company's unique expertise


Supply Chain Management
Planning Around Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

Supply chain disruption is becoming common - use wargaming to test your strategy


Artificial Intelligence
Optimizing AI Value

Human-in-control helps managers make better decisions faster

Artificial Intelligence
What Can We Expect from AI in Blue-Collar Work?

Companies need to consider complementarity in human-AI teaming

Sustainability
Make Sustainability a Financial Variable

ESG objectives should not be on a parallel reporting track


Circular Economy
Going Circular, Sustainably

What the evidence really says


Innovation
How China is Biting the World in Science & Technology

From “world’s factory” to a formidable global science and technology powerhouse



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