Hämäläisten hyväksi – Hämeen parasta kehittämistä

Attractive Innovation Environments

Fostering Change ITPNZ – Symposium 4.-5.7.2017

Innovations that Transform SocietiesMinna Takala

Regional Council of HämeJuly 2017

Short intro

• Academic – M.Sc. (Eng) LicTech - Aalto University

– INSCO – Innovation in Sourcing Competencies

– SPINN – Speed in Innovation Ecosystem

• Entrepreneur

– Linna BikeShop – new style bikeshop & cafe 2010- >

– QIS – consulting & facilitation

• Nokia 2002 – 2010 – benchmarking, business intelligence

• NJIT – New Jersey Institute of Technology

• Helsinki University of Technology

Häme Region – at the mid floor of Finland

Hämeenlinna

Forssa

Riihimäki

173 410 inhabitantsMay2017 foreknowledge

• Three cities • 8 rural municipalities• Area: 5 700 km2

Age distributionin 2015

31 290 €per citizen

GNP2014

Overview

• Dimensions of Innovation

• What is Valued?

• Towards Circular Economy

• Finnish Innovation Ecosystem

• SmartHäme –Regional Innovation Ecosystem

• Development Principles

• Conditions for Success

Dimensions of InnovationNovelty + Value

• …• Oslo Manual 1995• Schumpeter 1934

CHANGE

NOVELTYNew to * the world?* our region?* our town? * users?

What is Valued?

Source: Ouden (2016) http://www.elkedenouden.com/Valueframeworkzoom.html

Towards Circular Economy

Source: https://media.sitra.fi/2017/02/27052129/sitra_kiertotalous_infografiikka_some_en-1.jpg

Finnish Innovation Ecosystem…

Report available from: https://rio.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en/library/place-based-innovation-ecosystems-espoo-innovation-garden-and-aalto-university-finland

http://www.slush.org/

…challenged and disrupted by new

Views to regional developmentlevels - support for companies?

FOCUS OF DEVELOPMENT

Regional Planning System

Regional Strategy 2045

Regional Development Plan

Regional Land Use Plan

Implementation, projects, action

Smart Häme 2018 – 2021Preliminary themes

Planning

SUSTAINBLE USE OF NATURAL

RESOURCES• Bioeconomy

• Circular Economy• Smart Agriculture

• Food industry• etc.

INDUSTRY 4.0• Metal industry• Robotics• IoT• Security / Defence• etc.

CREATIVE BUSINESS AND SERVICES• Culture• Travel industry• Sports• etc.

BUILT ENVIRONMENT• Smart Traffic• Ecological constructions• Landscaping services • etc.

RIS3 ~ Regional Smart Specialisation Strategy &EDP ~ Entrepreneurial Discovery Process

Hämäläisten hyväksi – Hämeen parasta kehittämistä

DevelopmentPrinciples

Häme – Programme & instrumentsfor development

OPEN INNOVATIONECOSYSTEM

• What projects are on-going?

• What is the schedule?

• Who is participating?

• Who is funding?

• Which areas are involved?

• Where can you get further information?

HÄME –PROGRAMME

Rhythms & pace of development shift towards new ways of working

TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACH

• Long term development programs

• Duration 3 - 5 - 10 years • Long preparation time • Large projects - relatively slow

implementation, results shared after programs ends

• Usually heavy on admin work • Public funding instruments

- local, regional, national & global

NEW / EMERGING ACCELERATED NEW / EMERGING ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT APPROACH

• Fast experimental pilots• Duration days, weeks, months,

1-2 years• Fast / ad hoc preparation time• Micro / small projects

- fast implementation, fast cycle learning, early results shared openly while projects are on-going

• Emphasis on results, fast delivery, min. admin work

• Private funding instruments & crowd funding

Challenge - How to combine these for regional development ?

FORSSA – BrightGreen

Forssa Sub-regionBright Green Vision:

FROM AN OLD INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT INTO A MODERN BIOECONOMY COMMUNITY

Collaborative effort

Large scale projects …

• SYMBI– Industrial Symbiosis for Regional Sustainable Growth and a Resource Efficient Circular Economy 2016-2021

• Freshabit LIFE IP – Co-operation to Maintain Our Water Heritage 2016-2022

• SNOwMan– Supporting Non-technological Innovation in Owner-managed Manufacturing SMEs through increased capacity of business intermediaries 2017-2021

From triple helix to quadruple helix- more participation, codesign & cocreation

• Triple helix: Government + Education & Research & Development +Business / Entrepreneurs

New places and spaces • Hubs• Living labs

New practices – Ad hoc activities– Hackathlons– PopUp activities

• Quadruple helix:+ communities

• Organized groups –associations & 3rd sector

• Communities of interest and communities of practice

• Innovation & start up camps• Summer Schools

Crazy Town – HämeenlinnaEntrepreneurial hub

A co-working space and community to grow your business

A community for freelancers, solopreneurs, micro-sized companies and others, who want to go further together rather than alone.+ Open events !!

Example of fast pace collaborative pilot

at Hämeenlinna

Sunshine PopUp Indoor Park• Idea 5.11.2014 ->

opening 16.1.2015 • Visit by Prime Minister

27.1.2015 • Pilot closed 18.4.2015 • Stakeholders

– Core team from LUO-network

– 100 volunteers– 30 companies

• Results over 12 000 visits, 200 ideas, 50 implemented during pilot, over 30 events

Sunshine PopUp Indoor Park• Idea 5.11.2014 ->

opening 16.1.2015 • Visit by Prime Minister

27.1.2015 • Pilot closed 18.4.2015 • Stakeholders

– Core team from LUO-network

– 100 volunteers– 30 companies

• Results over 12 000 visits, 200 ideas, 50 implemented during pilot, over 30 events

New initiatives at Häme region

HämeHACK2017-2018

Series of idea competitions combined with hackathlons

HOW?Ideation, pitching, competition, feedback from judges, further development…

WhatsUP2017-2018

Fast, easy and affordable development experiments within 1-12 days

HOW? WhatsUP Bus touring around Häme Region -Bringing together HAMK student teams, companies, and customers –

Conditions for Success

• New institution for innovation by local communities collaborating both locally and globally with various stakeholders

• Usually organized based on - democratic, voluntary and flexible principles, enabling agile and faster development patterns

• Active use of social media & digitally supported tools for organizing practicalities, for learning and sharing

• Level of openness – open for members, open for all

• Investing on small scale, new, even odd activities enhances and enables renewal

• Trust and genuine appreciative collaboration

Minna TakalaSenior Advisor

Regional Councilof Häme

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