Kinesis Innovation Program

The operating environment of companies is constantly changing due to, among other things, the tightening of responsibility requirements, digitalisation and the pandemic. That is why companies need to respond more quickly to customers' changing needs with new services and products - innovations.

Companies participating in the Kinesis program are developing their innovation activities and moving towards their full potential with the support of Haaga-Helia's experienced experts.

The Kinesis program, funded by the Häme ELY Center and the European Social Fund, is free of charge for participants - the program is funded by public de minimis support for companies.

Hyödyt yritykselle

You will have access to a digital library with concrete tools for developing, testing and implementing ideas
You will receive support and operating models for developing the company's innovation culture
You get new networks and get to challenge your thinking with other companies
You spend your time developing company performance, staff well-being, and new business models
In addition to the expertise of Haaga-Helia's staff, you will have a chance to involve Haaga-Helia's Master's students in your company's innovation project

Ohjelman sisältö

The Kinesis program, which begins in the fall of 2022 and runs through the spring of 2023, has two paths: Leadership path and Innovation path.

The Management path seeks and finds ways to ensure profitable growth and business. The path offers an opportunity to broaden your own thinking and develop as an innovative leader together with other entrepreneurs and CEOs. The key theme is the ability to anticipate change and ensure the company’s success in the future. The coaching includes, among other things, expert plotting related to the company's development needs, webinars on current themes and joint workshops.

In the Innovation path we form an idea of how the change in the company's operating environment and one's own customer understanding can be utilized in business development. The result may be a single new innovation (for example validation of a new product or business model by customers) or a more efficient way to take advantage of new business opportunities. Coaching includes, among other things, brainstorming hackathon, facilitated workshops, and digital library development tools.

Contents of the paths

The participating company selects 1-2 participants for the path.

Baseline mapping: analysis of current business models and earnings logic, identification of development targets and self-assessment of companies
Management peer review: scenarios for the future
Management peer meeting: peer-to-peer management

The participating company selects a maximum of five participants for the path in addition to the participants in the management path.

Opening ceremony
Podcast / webinar and small task: designing business models requires agile development and rapid prototyping
An idea hackathon that spans organizational boundaries
Company-specific digital facilitation x 4
1. Online coaching: responsibility,
2. Online coaching: digital business models,
3. Online coaching: agile development,
4. Online coaching: risk anticipation and analysis;
5. Webinar: globalization together with Haaga-Helia's partners
Development plans
Closing ceremony

Kenelle?

Companies from the Uusimaa region employing 20-249 people can participate in Kinesis.

A maximum of two people can participate in the management path, in addition to which five people from each company can participate in the innovation path. The Kinesis digital library is open to all employees of participating companies.

Participation requires commitment to the program from the fall of 2022 to the spring of 2023. Kinesis training sessions require a minimum of 3-5 days per month. Most of the coaching sessions are carried out virtually and can be attended remotely.

The program, which will start in the autumn of 2022, will be open to a maximum of 15 companies in the order of registration.

Asiantuntijat

Haaga-Helia's experts who train companies apply the latest research data in the Kinesis program. In addition, they have years of experience in business development work in companies.

Kinesis Experts

Olli Laintila (M.Sc. (Econ.)) Works as a lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Haaga-Helia. He has more than 20 years of experience in business and management development. He has served as both an expert and a supervisor in multinational companies and in government positions in the SME sector. In addition, Olli has startup experience in developing digital services. Olli's core competencies are strategy work, business development and leadership.

Juha Olava (D.Sc., M.Sc.) is an experienced strategic management professional with a strong background in working in universities. He is well acquainted with the phenomena of strategic management and change management based on 17 years of consulting experience and 9 years of research experience. Juha's special expertise is coaching and consulting related to the management of strategy processes and the selection of management tools.

Mikko Järvinen (M.Sc. (Econ.)) Has worked almost all his career in developing the business of small companies. His more than 10-year career as an entrepreneur includes software products, digital marketing, and support for change of ownership. His book “Yritä, Erehdy, Onnistu” provides a basic work for those who start a new business with agile methods.

Petra Lindell (MBA, Future management and customer-oriented service business, AmO) is an expert in competence development and change management. Petra is familiar with the concepts and implementation of skills development, customer encounters that produce added value, customer relationship development and internal communication concepts developed with the help of design. He has almost 22 years of experience working in the S-group, in which he has worked as an in-house trainer and competence developer for the last 12 years. The starting point for all development has been encounters that produce added value as part of knowledge management. Petra is a warm and encouraging community developer whose goal is to help organizations secure the financial profitability of companies in a constantly and rapidly changing world, taking responsibility into account. A well-being person plays a central role in all development, both in organizations and as a customer.

As part of their studies, Haaga-Helia's master students support the companies involved in Kinesis in the role of consultant or project manager. Master students are experienced business experts who are updating their skills with majors such as Digital Business Opportunities or Strategic Thinking and Management.

Companies participating in Kinesis also have the opportunity to utilize Haaga-Helia's learning environments and labs, such as Sales & eCom Lab and LAB8, for business development.

As Finland's largest business educator, Haaga-Helia has a social responsibility and the honor of being involved in developing Finnish business.