Author: annaliisasalmelin

  • “Drag-on – identity” Experiencing GovJam 2013 at Turku

    HC SVNT DRACONES?? Hä? What? Is that the theme? What that means? First day in Global Government Jam at City of Turku started with lots of question mark in the air – all where totally blown away. We had just introduced through pre-recorded video what GovJam 2013 is going to be and at the end…

  • Foresight is part of Service Innovations

    In today’s organization’s strategic or service development projects you hardly hear a word about foresight or futures research. If you do, you are probably dealing with professionals of the field. Typical scene in developing services or company strategies is that we tend to make our decisions based on current normative knowledge – and perhaps worse,…

  • A Sneak Peek into Palmu Inc. Society

    The Palmu Society Service Design Seminar was held on the 13th of November at the Korjaamo Culture Factory in Helsinki. The event was a closed seminar for Palmu Inc.’s clients and their clients. Event organiser Palmu Inc. is a Finnish service design based organisation. Here’s how they define themselves: Palmu Inc. is the fastest growing service…

  • Brand together – Book review

    “Brand Together – How co-creation generates innovation and re-energizes brands” Nicholas Ind, Charles Trevail and Clare Fuller Have you ever listened to two women talking about brands? Sounds too trivial? Well, this conversation is different… Such important first impression,  and we are not judging the book by its cover Tatjana: For me, brand is a…