CITY AS AN INNOVATION PLATFORM

©Archigram:  Instant  City,  1968

Dr  Anne  Stenros  FRSA  CDO  City  of  Helsinki  Design  for  Impact  SEC  Berlin  2016

CITY DESIGN TRANSITIONAL TRENDS

“You  can’t  build  a  reputation  on  what  you  are  going  to  do.”  –Henry  Ford

HERE BE DRAGONSFrom  grand  challenges  to  grand  

opportunities  TRAVELLING  UNCHARTED  WATERS

Helsinki,  Choi  Jeong  Hwa  2016

NAVIGATING  FUTURESThe  importance  of  lighthouses

CITY AS A CIVIC PLATFORMFrom  closed  to  open  organization  

CIVIC  ENGAGEMENT

Helsinki  Design  Week  2016

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NWNetwork-­‐  Organization  Hybrid

Organization  /  Network

➢  Managing  Projects

➢  Managing  Organization

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Platform-­‐  Organization  Model

➢  Managing  Partnering

Innovation  Director  Digital  Director  Design  Director,  CDO  Chief  Disruption  Officer

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CITIZEN EXPERIENCEFrom  user-­‐centric  to  citizen-­‐driven  

approach  THINKING  THE  NEXT  GEN

Helsinki  Allas  Pool  2016

DESIGNERCLIENT

SOCIETY

OVERLAPPING  INTEREST

FLEXIBLE & SMART CITYFrom  fast  to  the  slow  city  EMOTIONALLY  SMART  CITY

www.sohjoa.fi

ENGAGING  EXPERIENCES

THE WORLD AS A COFFEE SHOPFrom  office  to  coffice  

CITY  AS  AN  INNOVATION  HUB  

Helsinki  Café  Engel

From  brand  building  to  storytelling  

STORYING  THE  CITY  IDENTITY

CITY AS A NARRATIVE

Port  of  Helsinki  2016

CLAIM THE FUTUREFrom  single  solutions  to  wicked  problems  

PROBLEMS  FORCED  THINKING

Taipei,  WDC  Cities  2016

The  Art  of  Innovation  &  The  Ladders  of  ImpactFrom  short  term  reactive  mode  to  long  term  proactive  practice

H1  Problem  Solving

H2  Creativity

H3  Imagination

Known  problem  Known  solution    Doing  what  you  are  doing,  better

Known  problem  Unknown  solution  Doing  what  you  are  doing  but  in  a  fundamentally  different  way

Unknown  problem  Unknown  solution  

Changing  the  very  essence  of  the  organization  and  the  culture  

From  designing  the  usual  to  the  design  of  unusual

Incremental  IMPROVE

Evolutionary  CHANGE

Revolutionary  TRANSFORM

DESIGN FOR IMPACTFrom  innovation  to  transformation  

DOING  GOOD  WITH  DESIGN

Helsinki,  Jani  Tolin  2016

MAKE AN IMPACT!REVOLUTIONARY  =  Creative  Problem  Solving  &  Interest  and  concern  of  Designer

INCREMENTAL  =  Problem  Solving  &  Interest  of  Client

EVOLUTIONARY  =  Creativity  &    Interest  and  concerns  of  Society

TRANSFORMATIVE  =  Imagination  &  Overlapping  Interest  of  All

©  Anne  Stenros  2016

“The  future  belongs  to  those  who  believe    in  the  beauty  of  their  dreams.”  -­‐Eleanor  Roosevelt  

Helsinki,  Jani  Tolin  2016

anne.stenros@hel.fi @CasaAnna