Patrick Keen

Developing and applying policies and initiatives for sustainable business competitiveness - specialised in Product Service Systems

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

@phdalan I loved your presentation on Friday, and would be keen to see where you go with it, esp. findings in terms of relevance of your findings to other groups and contexts.

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

@JuanaCamacho identified valuable insights into the gaps in knowledge about user acceptance and adoption of #circulareconomy business solutions. She tells #plate of need for more research into internal/external factors, interventions and (research) methods.

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

Who accepts refurbished #products? Only 3/18 of Ruth Mugge's @idetudelft interviewees wouldn't buy any. Even toothbrushes are acceptable to 50%. #research reported at #plate2017 on #sustainable business strategy to improve #consumer acceptance for different types.

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There is hope for #sustainability!? Michael Luchs @UChicago tells #Plate2017 that people identified as 'wise' by their community have demonstrated a serious commitment to #sustainable #consumption. #Consumer wisdom scale allows #design options appraisal.

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

"Save my shorts!" Mila Burcikowa https://t.co/LqGMyYlEaI reflects at #plate2017 that #fashion #industry often fails to address one of three key elements of emotional #design: visceral, behavioural or reflexive. Can sensory experience improve #satisfaction and #sustainability?

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

Does 'user-completion' of #products help create stronger emotional bonds that encourage retention/prevent #waste? It certainly provides a #thinkdif alternative to #masscustomisation. Jacqueline Power of @UTAS_ presents at #PLATE2017. Some experiments with lights...

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

@SheffieldHallam's Gordon Young told #plate2017 how his cultural probe research field kit revealed for #products with strong personal attachment #DIY #maintenance is an extension of their enjoyment of it (and #sustainability). Barriers: lack of specialist knowledge & equipment...

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

What do #consumers want? Ruth Mugge reports research at #PLATE2017 that shows people are more likely to worry about hygiene of #refurbished electronics if you tell them they've been cleaned. 3 #marketing tips for #sustainablebusiness #strategy are identified

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

We just designed the smart shoe sustainable product-service system of the future at #plate2017 with @leilathinks @WeDontDoRetro and @elfdewberry

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

@leilathinks kicking off a workshop at #PLATE2017 to envisage possible futures where people are engaged in the #design of the products they use, and resource efficient product lifecycles can be incorporated within more localised structures of #manufacturing and product adaptation

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

How to get round #recycling & #reuse issues of e-textiles (used for medical less serious applications) by #design? @christinecole_ @TrentUni @CIEMAP @eueduk workshop at #PLATE2017 suggests plan needed. No #legislation yet to manage potential e-textile waste impact.

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

Do we live in a #throwawaysociety? Vibhavari Kumar from @NIFT presenting at #PLATE2017 presented research that shows a shocking number of people are buying to relieve boredom, and feel depressed is they can't go shopping, despite increasing wastage of clothing...

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

Debate in the "Consumer and cultural perspectives" session Chaired by Jan Schoormans @PLATE2017: Lots of experimentation on #circulareconomy business business models right now. Which are going to stick?

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

AT #PLATE2017 Isabelle Ordonez notes clothes most likely item for people to swap, based on Swap Cube HSB Living Lab experiment concerning the #sharingeconomy

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

Catherine Cherry from @CIEMAP asks if product-service systems (PSS) can lead to sustainable production and consumption at #PLATE2017. Workshops with potential consumers revealed worries about hygiene, safety, loneliness/isolation in #sharingeconomy shared-use offerings.

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

Najine Ameli (Hochschule Bochum) is discussing how 'libraries of things' can reduce consumers' 'trust barriers' preventing emergence of #sharingeconomy at #plate2017.

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

#plate2017 conference just starting, following an amazing morning connecting with 30 other PhD students working on circular economy research organised by @LDE_CfS

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

Are you interested in product lifetimes, planned obsolescence, reuse, and repair? Sign up for the PLATE workshop at…https://t.co/tL0Do7LstC

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

A fantastic response by East Midlands manufacturers! Enscite gives SMEs skills for growth at supply chain workshop http://t.co/kz8fb0CJAG

[Patrick Keen @Servitized]

The 7 businesses at yesterday's @ensciteuk business growth workshop made a fabulous response to the opportunities of #servitization.