Tag: innovation

  • Diving Into the World of Design Thinking

    “Now I want you all to introduce yourselves, but this time you will do it differently.” – this is how our Design Thinking course started and little did we know what will follow afterwards. To present ourselves we were divided into groups, where each of us had to first, speak about her/himself, second, count one…

  • Self-organizing organizations and well-being

    Tampere University and The Finnish work environment fund has studied self-guiding organizations from occupational well-being point of view. The study drilled into topics like: On what level is employee’s well-being in organizations that have no management? What is the common stress factor in self organizing companies? Which ways of working would support employee’s well-being?  Study…

  • Innovation through human-centred design thinking

    General Assembly hosted a weeklong event called “break into tech” from 16th to 22nd of February 2021. One of the events that caught my attention was “Innovation through Human-Centered Design Thinking”. The host was Steph Mellor, a coach and consult in human-centred design, ethnography, leadership and change. She’s also a Principal at DigIO, Design and UX…

  • Aligning strategic foresight in large organizations – Workshop at SDGC

    Aligning strategic foresight in large organizations – Workshop at SDGC

    During the Service Design Global Conference (SDGC) arranged in October, a workshop was held around facilitating future visions in large organizations.

  • Embracing change at the Service Design Global Conference 2020

    Embracing change at the Service Design Global Conference 2020

    The international community, Service Design Network (SDN), founded in 2004, arranged an online conference focusing on service design in October of 2020.

  • Designing remote working practices to improve employee experience (EX) in organizations

    Designing remote working practices to improve employee experience (EX) in organizations

    In recent years, remote working has become a hot topic as organizations are developing new working processes and modern collaborative platforms and technology emerge. At the same time, firms are moving towards human-centric approaches and working in multidisciplinary teams to stay competitive. Due to these rapid changes in several industries, recruitment, finding right competences and…

  • Why every problem solver needs design thinking

    You might have heard of design thinking in business context and its possible perks. A design thinking approach is usually chosen when there’s a need for new inventions, growth or increasing satisfaction. Design thinking is the way designers think – putting human needs in the centre of development and creating engaging and inspiring solutions. Design…

  • Pushing the boundaries of innovation

    Pushing the boundaries of innovation

    I participated on 10.9.2020 in an online event hosted by Design Club, a business community within Design Museum Helsinki, and Aalto University. The topic of the event was “System Innovations for Business Sustainability” and featured a presentation by Dr. Idil Gaziulusoy, an Assistant Professor in Aalto University and a panel discussion with Dr. Heli Antila, the…

  • The art of design research

    The art of design research

    I participated on 20.8.2020 in an online event focusing on design research. The event was hosted by Reach Network‘s Bas Raijmakers and featured a panel discussion with two experienced service design professionals Geke van Dijk from STBY and Babitha George from Quicksand, both part of the Reach Network organization. Both Van Dijk and George discussed…

  • The Era of Disruption as an Innovation Enabler — How to Spot and Scan Trends to Kick-Start the Change?

    The Era of Disruption as an Innovation Enabler — How to Spot and Scan Trends to Kick-Start the Change?

    The future takes time to build, and each day is an opportunity to reflect on and plan for the next day From the Playbook for Strategic Foresight and Innovation by Carleton et al. 2013 The global pandemic outbreak in spring 2020 is continuing to disrupt markets, organizations and even our behaviours. As changes, new needs,…