Circle Economy is a think tank that develops knowledge and provides advice on how to make the circular economy practical and scalable. My former classmate and friend Jacco was on leave for the birth of his daughter and asked me to cover for him during his leave.
As always with filling in, I, Joost, dove in head-first: three colleagues up to their ears in work on the Global Circularity Gap Report, an (as yet unpublished) Austrian edition, and three consulting projects. And all of that managed by two juniors, one director—and then me.
It was a great job: setting priorities together, intense discussions about methods and figures, plenty of writing, and even bringing in new projects. Circle Economy is truly a team I fell in love with: mission-driven with fantastic content. That’s why we’ve decided to collaborate more frequently on a project basis.