innovation

A New Innovation Strategy for the 21st-Century Workplace

2019.03.28 Education, Entrepreneurship, Projects

A few years back I picked up a copy of ‘The Lean Start-up‘, a best-selling book by Eric Ries. At the time, the lean movement had already gone viral. Lean start-ups were, and still are, practicing something called agile development, which originated in the software industry. Agile development was revolutionary as it worked hand-in-hand with the customer. Unlike typical lengthy product development cycles that made assumptions or educated guesses about…

Made in Arcada: An open-access DIY intercom system.

2019.01.16 Education, Entrepreneurship, Projects, Research

Niclas Hallgren, Technical Operations Manager, Institutionen för Kultur och Media, Arcada UAS An intercom system enables the production team to communicate with each other, it can have many different forms for example studio cameras have built-in intercom systems. At Arcada, we use smaller cameras both for field work and in the studio. The basic parts of an intercom system are a beltpack and a base station. A beltpack is…

Entrepreneurial thinking in Paris

2017.11.29 Events, Research

In September I got the opportunity to go to Paris to attend the 12th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2017, and to discuss entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship education with colleagues from all over the world. This is a topic close to my heart and something I see as very important to consider for our students. When I talk about entrepreneurship I emphasise the holistic process and the so called entrepreneurial…

Demola erbjuder skaparglädje och professionellt nätverk

2017.06.13 Education, Entrepreneurship

Det är en fredag eftermiddag i maj, troligtvis den varmaste på länge. Trots det samlas ett gäng glada och förväntansfulla studenter från högskolor i Helsingfors tillsammans med uppdragsgivare i Team Finland-huset i Gräsviken. Det är dags att presentera slutresultatet för de uppdrag som studenterna jobbat med under de senaste tre månaderna i samarbete med uppdragsgivarna under ledning av Demola-facilitatorer. Jag är själv också förväntansfull. Jag har haft den unika chansen…

#ArcadaUAS at #SLUSH15

2015.11.21 Entrepreneurship, Events

The 11th and 12th of November 2015, some students from Arcada had the opportunity to participate to the biggest business and innovation event in Helsinki, SLUSH. This event was organized almost only by volunteers to help startups and talented people to show their ideas and meet investors to allow them make their dreams come true; as well to have a collaboration with others startups and companies. This year, 15.000 attendees,…

Fixa den nya högskolan Arcada

2014.01.10 Cooperation, Education

Högskolan i ett framtidsperspektiv med nya verksamhetsbetingelser stod förra hösten i fokus både för det dagliga arbetet och för den politiska och mediernas debatt. Vackert så, det är alltid bra med engagemang! Arcada inleder det nya året 2014 som en självständig högskola och ska under detta år utveckla högskolan i enlighet med den koncessionsansökan som gjordes upp under förra sommaren och hösten. Vi fick från ministeriets sida fullt förtroende för…