1. Reshaping the
urban ecosystem
Project: "Energizing Urban Ecosystem"
Hank Kune, Educore
The Netherlands
“inspiration
Inside!”

2. Energizing Urban Ecosystems 2012-2015

3. Regional
Innova,on
Ecosystem
T3
Area
T3 = Tiede, Taide, Talous; Science, Art, Business How to energize this
Otaniemi, Keilaniemi, Tapiola
By
2020
there
will
be
new
investments
of
€
4-­‐5
billion
Urban Ecosystem?

4. Regional Innovation Ecosystems

5. T3
TAPIOLA OTANIEMI
Science and
technology
Art and
design
Business and
economy
KEILANIEMI

6. T3’s role as icebreaker,
pathfinder, and prototyper:
Essential to the entrepreneurial,
pioneering spirit needed to spearhead
innovation culture in Europe.

7. Path-finding is the process of discovering
and exploring new ways forward.
Innovation is often unknown territory, and
explorers and guides are needed to move
people, projects and organizations in useful
directions – towards quality of life
improvements that are attractive, practical,
and scalable.
The complex world knows many difficult
places and dead-ends, and pathfinders
seeking new ways to stimulate societal
innovation impact make the journey easier.

8. Icebreaking means opening new space for energizing society and enhancing
regional innovation. It is the process of clearing a space for practical action.
When the way forward seems blocked there is a need for breaking through
barriers to create new possibilities for thinking and acting.
In stuck situations, when people see more difficulties than opportunities,
icebreaking creates space for experimenting, new thinking, and moving
forward.
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9. Prototyping is the process of co-creating
promising solutions and testing them in
practice.
It is an iterative process of learning-by-
doing, where demonstrations of work-in-
progress lead to deeper insight into what
really works and what people really need.
It is essential to accept working hands-on
with new ideas, sometimes “failing our way
forward” and always focusing on
continuous improvement.
Prototyping is the key to innovation
acceleration.

10. Strong Integrating Service
Infrastructure
Pioneering people

11. Difficulties encountered
Starting the orchestration
Common purpose still unclear
How many cooks?
Conditions for self-organization?

12. Moving on
Support infrastructure ready to roll
How does a RIE really work?
Who’s responsible for innovation?
Action research & outcomes on the street