Circulab Toolbox
Partner Map
Map your stakeholder ecosystem and facilitate cooperation to create more value together than alone.
The tool
What is the Partner Map?
Inspired by natural ecosystems, the Partner Map helps you visualize your stakeholder network, understand their roles and interactions, and identify the cooperations to activate to create more value together.
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List the key actors
Identify all the actors around your project: suppliers, customers, partners, institutions, communities.
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Qualify the relationships
Analyze the nature of each relationship: value flows exchanged, mutual dependencies, synergy opportunities.
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Map the ecosystem
Position the actors on the canvas based on their role and proximity to your organization.
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Identify the cooperations to activate
Spot missing or underused partnerships that could create new circular value loops.
Use cases
When to use the Partner Map?
Partnership strategy
Structure your partnership approach to build lasting strategic alliances.
Functional economy
Identify the actors needed to set up a service- or usage-based model.
Sector transition
Facilitate coordination between actors in a sector to build a collective circular economy.
Collaborative workshops
Create a visual space for dialogue to align stakeholders around a shared vision.
Service design
Understand all the actors involved in delivering a service to optimize it.
Open innovation
Identify external partners who can complement your capabilities and accelerate innovation.
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A universal tool
No text, readable in every language.Usable anywhere in the world.
The complete method
Complete it with the other tools
Circulab's tools are designed to work together. Each one prepares the next in the circular design method.
