Tag: innovation

  • Co-create your future

    In today’s world the competition amongst companies within the same industry or sometimes even across industry boundaries is rough. New businesses are constantly born and they want to get their share of the wallet. There are many books and articles that will provide guidelines, how to improve your business concept and gain advantage from the…

  • Service Design meets Futures Thinking

    A series of posts discussing the statement “Futures Research supports the Service Design process in multiple ways and throughout the whole process”. Part #1: Conclusions based on the first round of literature review by Minna Koskelo and Anu K. Nousiainen. This is the first post by the authors regarding the “Service Design meets Futures Thinking”…

  • Welcoming the new SID Master’s students

    The 3rd SID Master’s group started their Service Innovation & Design studies at Laurea Leppävaara on 6th September. For three days, the 26 new students were completely submerged in the Laurea’s cocreative learning culture, which provides the foundation for success as they pursue the Master’s programme together. With team-building activities, the new students were able…

  • Experiences from the first SID student group

    In this story, a student from the very first SID Master’s group tells how everything went from the first idea of starting the studies to the point in which all the studies including the Master’s thesis are completed. This is a very long story. So, sit comfortably before you start the journey through the SID studies.…

  • Pioneering in the service innovation & design field

    Exactly three years ago, in May 2009, we were living exciting times at Laurea University of Applied Sciences. After a lengthy development process of the unique Master’s degree programme in Service Innovation and Design, it was finally time to select the first group of students. The modern degree programme had gathered over 200 applicants, and…