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What happens when our team project is presented to an international community of designers? The word gets spread!

Rarely (if ever) big endeavors are achieved in solitude. This premise fully embodies the nature of our collaboration. In this post, we want to introduce ourselves to all of our readers. We want to show who we are, what do we bring into the project and why were we interested in being part of it.

Design Factory brings together researchers from different disciplines to explore design, development, and innovation from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives. In the core of everything is finding ways how to effectively translate research results into practice, and ensure the relevance of theoretical findings. Come join us as a selection of our researchers shed light

Disruptive innovations are challenging traditional industries and established players to seek new ways to enhance their internal innovation capabilities. Implementing design thinking into organizational practices can help bring users and their real needs to the center of the company, but remember to take into account varying perceptions across the organization, implement incrementally and secure mandate

Integrating design thinking to existing structures takes more than just top-down mandates. Designers can become active issue sellers concretising the benefits of design approaches throughout their organisations, but they need access to information and channels to do so.

Rituaaleja uudistamalla organisaatiokulttuuria voi muuttaa pienin askelin ja kokeillen. Design-ajattelu on oiva työkalu muutostyössä, sillä siinä korostuvat empatia, yhdessä ideoiminen, konkretia ja kokeiluista oppiminen.

Yrityksiä ja toimialoja ravisuttavat monet muutosvoimat, joista yksi tärkeimmistä on digitalisaatio. Keskustelu aiheesta käy kuumana, ja usein erehdytään toivomaan epämääräisen “digiloikan” ratkaisevan kaikki ongelmat.