Welcome to XLabs –
A circular economy lab

Enough time for you to schedule work around the program, but also allow for ebb and flow to naturally occur between your day job and the future you are creating. With an agenda and digital support that moves you between indoor, outdoor and online spaces to optimise energy flows.

While you are part of the program you will tackle a challenge for your business. This means it has more chance of being implemented. For many individuals or teams, working alongside other businesses to gain perspective and find new solutions is one of the most rewarding experiences of XLabs.

The Circular by Design methods form the basis of the XLabs program and will help you explore and unlock the circular economy advantage for your business. We start by 'Loving the Problem' in which we will help you build a system map for your business to close the loop. From there, we explore how you might grow your world, influence regenerative behaviours, use network participation to unlock new business models and embed new technologies.

Using our circular idea canvas you will explore new ideas and how to make them likely to succeed. You will become clearer on how you might solve your challenge, and might be surprised to discover that many solutions already exist. Sharing journeys and stories generously, to inspire others to rise to the challenge.

The best future can only be unlocked together. The kind of cross-industry collaboration we need is both rare and crucial to redesigning our total system, not just the individual parts. In our recent Tāmaki Makaurau chapter, we brought additional collaborators and experts from For the Love of Bees, Scion, Granta, Exeter University, Milk, Osynlig, Blender, Akina (to name of few), into the lab as well as Te Aroha Grace of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Nuu, and Dan Hikuroa to start instilling a deeper understanding of Mātauranga Māori into the work we do. The relationships you form will last well after pitch night -these will be your allies in redesigning the future.