Development of a Co-creation Strategy Tool: For Fronteer Strategy

Design a Co-Creation tool for Fronteer Strategy complementing their current offer. The people at Fronteer Strategy have developed a tool for Cocreation called Rooftop. They knew that Rooftop worked well but they believed that they could benefit from a different and complementing tool in their portfolio. Co-creation, as a part of the more broad...

A showcase of impact: The social innovation story of Kennisland

Social innovation is a term used describe the process of designing and developing creative solutions to address the pressing unmet social needs. Kennisland is among a few organizations who does social innovation in its scope of work. Kennisland needs to showcase the results of their social innovation to tell the public about the benefits of...

Drivers and Obstacles to Implementing Co-creation in Sustainable Heating: A Multiple Case Study Addressing the Institutional Rules underlying Co-creation

Reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is vital to limit global warming to 1.5◦C. Decarbonizing the heating sector that is globally responsible for half of total energy consumption is necessary to achieve climate-neutrality goals. The complex nature of the heating sector (characterized by variable market demands, and complicated stakeholder...

Project Journey Embassy: Foster the continuity of multidisciplinary collaboration in an IT consulting service towards problem-solving innovation

The application of multidisciplinary collaboration has become a trend to prevent knowledge isolation obstructing business development (Schaubroeck, Tarczewski, &amp; Theunissen, 2016), particularly in the IT industry as it pursue problem-solving innovation.<br/><br/>An IT service company is currently striving to transform into an IT innovation...

A Co-Creation Approach Towards Gas-Free Homes in the Netherlands: Investigating how municipalities can use co-creation practices in transitioning towards a gas-free future

Dutch national policy states a goal to rid 7 million homes of natural gas by 2050. Municipalities, along with inhabitants, will determine what is the best alternative technology for gas heating.<br/><br/>There are many challenges to this as municipalities must adapt to a relatively new role and subject matter, coordinate with the inhabitants...

Terra Cotta in Transition: Connecting the traditional terra cotta craft village Thanh Hà to potential markets

Thanh Hà is a traditional craft village in central Vietnam. For centuries the families in the village have been making terra cotta products from the local found clay. Traditionally Thanh Hà focused on making building materials for the houses of nearby H?i An, a city only two kilometers from Thanh Hà. For centuries the bricks, floor and roof...

The Power of Collaboration: Redesigning the co-creation platform of Ahold

Companies are reconsidering their innovation processes and learning how to use the experiences of individuals and communities as the new basis of value creation. Although the opportunities are extensive, organizations are struggling to find the right way to adopt more collaborative processes. Also Ahold is exploring the potential of co-creation....

Co-creation as a usable product innovation strategy

This thesis investigates how co-creation can be a suitable strategy for product development. It resulted in a product innovation strategy where co-creation is the core strategy and will lead to several tasks and steps needed to take in order to develop new products. The product innovation strategy is designed for the company We Beat The Mountain...

Best Practices for a Responsible Innovation Process: Application to a Car Manufacturer

Responsible Innovation seems to undoubtedly becoming an inexorable and necessary trend. That is, society calls for a higher embedding of values and ethics within the innovation process, especially with regards to sustainability. However, so far practical application of Responsible Innovation frameworks remains mostly at policy or academic level,...