2. This is a short summary about a
year-long school project that I was
involved in between 2010 and
2011.
The project was a fundamental part
of my IDBM master’s level studies
at the Aalto University in Finland.
3. THE TEAM:
A dynamic team of four from the Aalto University
IDBM program with multidisciplinary skills – ranging
from business to technology to design.
Antti-Pekka Joona Lynn …and me!
4. THE PROJECT BRIEF:
” Design a web-based tool to
measure the innovativeness of
Vietnamese SMEs
”
9. So honestly, not a lot.
In the numerous group
sessions during the following
months, we started to analyse
the case further.
And this resulted in more
questions.
10. What does innovativeness look like?
Firstly, about the How to create a honey pot effect with
a measuring tool?
project itself…. What is the real objective behind
this task?
What do we know about Can innovativeness be
the Vietnamese culture and
companies?
measured?
What will the result Is there any point in
Who needs this? be at the end? measuring it?
How can we measure
What are the tools it?
available?
Why would a company want to How can we help?
measure it’s innovativeness?
Reason’s for Finland’s success?
11. Why would Finland want to
help Vietnam?
Secondly, who was this
mysterious ”client” of What is IPP?
ours? ...and in Vietnam!?
What are we going to do in Vietnam
What are IPP’s for 2 weeks?
objectives? What’s the
budget like? No Facebook?
What is Open Why can’t they do it
themselves?
Innovation Forum?
Why partner with
Can the previous year’s
students guide us? Aalto University?
12. After some more research,
meetings and interviews, we
were able to map out the client,
their need and our role in all of
this…
13. There were 3 players in the project…
Partnership program between Finland and Vietnam
Goal: Improve innovative processes in Vietnam
IPP’s web platform in the very early phases
Goal: Improve IPP’s online presence in Vietnam
One year school industry project
Goal: Create value for IPP through OIF
14. Next, we had to figure out what to
offer the guys in Vietnam…
Since Finland is one of leading
countries in terms of
innovativeness…
…our mission was to find out some
of the “secrets ingredients” behind
this success...
…and then a way to import them to
Vietnam.
15. We interviewed Finnish academia,
entrepreneurs, public research
organizations, financers, start-ups,
and fellow students in order to get to
the bottom of it.
But we also needed to figure out how
to make these “secrets ingredients”
feasible for the Vietnamese context
and culture.
16. The result was a framework for an
innovation concept with 3 themes:
Inspire Awareness
Business Success Stories Test / “Wake up”
Theme of the Month
Connect
Network
IPP events
17. We also needed a prototype.
So we got the school to buy us
4 iPads.
And then we created the
concept prototype with the
iPads.
30. By adding together our features and
elements…
+ +
…as well as some local twists and nuances…
31. …by May 2011, the Open Innovation Forum
platform was up and running to provide online
presence and a forum for Vietnamese SMEs!
32. This project was successfully
completed and I enjoyed the hard
work.
However, it’s just one of the many
projects that I’ve been involved in!
To know more about me, my resume
and other experiences, please drop
me an email at
noora.salonoja@aalto.fi.
