Presentation on Attractive Innovation Environments Fostering Change at ITPZ Symposium, Wntec, Hamilton, New Zealand

1. Hämäläisten hyväksi – Hämeen parasta kehittämistä
Attractive Innovation
Environments
Fostering Change
ITPNZ – Symposium 4.-5.7.2017
Innovations that Transform Societies
Minna Takala
Regional Council of Häme
July 2017

2. 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

3. Häme Region – at the mid floor of Finland
Hämeenlinna
Forssa
Riihimäki
173 410 inhabitants
May2017 foreknowledge
• Three cities
• 8 rural municipalities
• Area: 5 700 km2
Age distribution
in 2015
31290€
per citizen
GNP2014

4. Overview
• Dimensions of Innovation
• What is Valued?
• Towards Circular Economy
• Finnish Innovation Ecosystem
• SmartHäme –
Regional Innovation Ecosystem
• Development Principles
• Conditions for Success

5. Dimensions of Innovation
Novelty + Value
• …
• Oslo Manual 1995
• Schumpeter 1934
CHANGE
NOVELTY
New to
* the world?
* our region?
* our town?
* users?

6. What is Valued?
Source: Ouden (2016) http://www.elkedenouden.com/Valueframeworkzoom.html

7. Towards Circular Economy
Source:
https://media.sitra.fi/2017/0
2/27052129/sitra_kiertotalo
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8. 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

9. http://www.slush.org/
…challenged and disrupted by new

10. Views to regional development
levels - support for companies?
FOCUS OF
DEVELOPMENT

11. Regional Planning System
Regional Strategy 2045
Regional
Development Plan
Regional
Land Use Plan
Implementation,
projects, action

12. Smart Häme
2018 – 2021
Preliminary 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

13. Hämäläisten hyväksi – Hämeen parasta kehittämistä
Development
Principles

14. Häme – Programme & instruments
for development
OPEN
INNOVATION
ECOSYSTEM
• 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

15. 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 ACCELERATEDNEW / 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 ?

16. FORSSA – BrightGreen
Forssa Sub-region
Bright Green Vision:
FROM AN OLD INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT INTO A MODERN
BIOECONOMY COMMUNITY

18. Collaborative effort

19. 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

21. 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

22. Crazy Town – Hämeenlinna
Entrepreneurial 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 !!

23. 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

24. New initiatives at Häme region
HämeHACK
2017-2018
Series of idea competitions
combined with hackathlons
HOW?
Ideation, pitching, competition,
feedback from judges, further
development…
WhatsUP
2017-2018
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
–

25. 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

26. Minna Takala
Senior Advisor
Regional Council
of Häme
Twitter - @MinLii
LinkedIn profile
https://fi.linkedin.c
om/pub/minna-
takala/0/67/88b
Minna.takala@
hame.fi