Leakage Awareness Consulting Workshop

Leakage Awareness Consulting Workshop

Leakage Awareness Consulting Workshop is an innovative service design methodology and strategic consulting tool developed to facilitate businesses' transition towards circular economy practices. This comprehensive workshop framework, recognized with a Bronze A' Design Award in the Meta, Strategic and Service Design category, enables designers to engage more deeply with clients while addressing complex resource management challenges. The workshop employs a systematic approach to mapping production flows and identifying resource inefficiencies through a modular design structure that promotes stakeholder engagement and transparent communication. Its distinctive feature lies in its ability to create a collaborative environment where sensitive operational information can be shared comfortably through feeling-based scales and protected disclosure mechanisms. The workshop integrates seamlessly with the C-BAT application, which provides supplementary training content and generates detailed material analysis reports. Developed through extensive research including topical surveys of SME manufacturers and iterative testing phases, this workshop addresses two critical hurdles in circular business transformation: resource leak identification and stakeholder consensus building. The methodology employs a step-by-step process where designers act as facilitators, guiding client teams through production step mapping, resource flow analysis, and opportunity identification. Its modular A4 PDF format ensures maximum flexibility and adaptability, while its structured approach helps businesses visualize their current operational patterns and identify sustainable improvement opportunities. This innovative consulting tool not only facilitates paid early-stage design research but also creates a foundation for more impactful design interventions, ultimately contributing to more sustainable business practices and environmental stewardship.

circular economy, resource optimization, stakeholder engagement, sustainable business, production flow analysis, strategic consulting

— Adam Dawson