Innovation

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About election, media and the message in Sweden and Finland

This is a part of a discussion that started in Qaiku yesterday. @hypocrisy @personaleu @oldpolitics @hyvaelama I see several important things in this thread. We've a cross-border discussion about politics and upcoming election issues in Sweden and Finland. I also agree that it's not the media but the message that counts.

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The Nordic Paradox: Entrepreneurship As A Career Choice

Are Nordic countries particularly entrepreneurial? How do our societies perceive entrepreneurship as a career choice?

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Innovaatiojuna Innovationtrain and Aalto on Tracks

There’s been talk about the Innovationtrain 2.0 with destination to The World Expo in Shanghai. We had some talk about flying mission in Qaiku. It could take place after the summer. The intention would be to make an extensive export – import drive during the mission.

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iTraining builds success around networking people

All successful projects build communities of supportive engaged activists who identify with the project and keep it productive and useful. The best seminars are about the other people you meet during lunch or the coffee breaks. Traditional congresses don’t give participants a great deal of freedom to participate and engage in the development.

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My Innovationtrain – Innovaatiojuna Started here in Kajaani 12.1.2010

The innovationtrain was the most important event of January 13, 2010. We’re now working with the next steps. iTraining is a concept that was tested during the Helsinki – Oulu – Helsinki one day journey. The next step will take place at the Flexible Services Seminar in Espoo 4.2.2010.

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Don’t Go To Sleep Yet Policy Makers, Cleantech Innovation Needs You

COP 15 was a disappointment to many and there is now certainly a risk that policymakers leave the building, metaphorically speaking, leaving markets to take over and solve the environmental problems the best they can. Can they and should they?
Cleantech Scandinavia recently attempted to analyze Nordic cleantech patent application levels. The European Patent Office and OECD’s environmental directorate did a similar attempt analyzing cleantech patent application levels worldwide.

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Almost black and white

The Finnish nature is 2010 more black and white than fifty years ago. The climate change powerpoints are not representing the reality outside your living room window. I was visiting my friends in Ruotsinpyhtaa and here 550 km’s south of Sotkamo the nature is just as beautiful and cold as most of us can remember from post-war childhood memories.

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Social Media Survey

We ask you kindly to participate in a Finnish-language survey concerning the Social Media Use in the Innovation Process of Finnish Companies. The purpose of the study is to enable the improvement of the open innovation capabilities of Finnish organizations, as well as to increase and enhance customer and user driven innovation by means of Social Media. URL: https://www.webropol.com/P.aspx?id=394464&cid=101438247

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Service Innovations and iTraining

Mobile physical services Social media expanding the customer experience Digitalized user experience Modernization of communication structures Broad service offering Integration to mobile devices Nokia Ovi and Maps could have a role Easy to use platforms We've to start from the users

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Open Innovation is like a Candle in the Black Box

Open Innovation and Open Data is receiving more attention in Finland. The innovation train was a great success and we’re seeing new emerging inventions. Some new ideas are boiling around the Nokia service. The Nokia Maps combined with the Ovi service provides numerous new possibilities.

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Old World Versus the New World

Image by Dean Ayres
I just can’t help seeing a pattern here:
Organizations
The Old Way:
“No, we can’t order that device for you to work with as it is a model for the executives.”

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iTraining of large organizations as result of #innovaatiojuna

Got Googled The End of the World as We Know It as a Christmas present from New York yesterday and think about #iTraining as a group product. It would be a spin-off from the January 13, 2009 #innovationtrain / #innovaatiojuna performance.

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The Innovationtrain and the traditional seminar

The traditional seminar means that one speaks out loud the bullet points in of a PowerPoint presentation. Ten to thousand people are silently listening or working with their computers. Those who are lucky users of social media can Twitter or Qaiku while “listening”.

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Loviisa, Sotkamo, Oulu, Tampere, Oulu, Helsinki, Oulu, Kajaani and Sotkamo

The innovation train project has been evolving since the summer of 2009. For my part, it started in Sotkamo, continued in Loviisa and now again, I’m up in northeastern Finland and will travel from Sotkamo to Oulu tomorrow, take the night train to Tampere and join the team of the majority of people coming from the Helsinki region.

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Shanghai Expo 2010 after the Innovation train to Oulu

There is life after the innovation train to Oulu. We’re already talking about the next step. The Shanghai Expo 2010 is a possible destination. We need to talk about this goal during the trip to Oulu January 13, 2010. We’ve a few months to arrange the journey and to find sponsors and financing. Finland is one of the countries exposing products, designs and services.

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The Innovation Train and the Open Declaration on European Public Services

  The Innovation train simulates the Open Declaration without knowing the theory. It’s a great example of a DIY (do it yourself) operation bringing out the best of people.

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Business Angels and the Innovation train

Early Warning Note to Business Angels. The innovation train is on the move. The symbolic journey Helsinki – Oulu – Helsinki will take place 13.1.2010 and we hope to have some disruptive open innovation news released during or after the trip. There is talk about the documentation of the trip. Blogs, podcasts, Flicker, video streams, YouTube, Qik, Facebook, Brightkite, Qaiku, Twitter, Bambuser, Ning, etc will tell about details.

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It has been exceptionally cold on the globe

We’re planning the content and setting the goals for the innovation train Helsinki – Oulu – Helsinki January 13, 2009. The climate conference in Copenhagen didn’t decide about any definitive rules and measuring objectives for the participating nations. There was a lot of talk, but finally, they couldn’t agree about the action and execution. Hopefully, the innovation train will be able to do something extraordinary.

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Financing your innovative project should be easy – is it?

Right now the world is awash in cheap money, looking for someplace to go. Have you seen the “angels” marching around? The age of access will change the market economy to a networked economy. Take a look at this blog and video about what Rifkin says about the Collaborative Economy.

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