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The paper presents “OPER.TEN”, a 10 days program that hybridized Human Centered Design (HCD) with Open innovation (OI), developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The program adapted a HCD methodology so that the design teams could face the challenges of designing during a pandemic, such as relying on remote interactions only. Methodological c...
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... the years, several companies have used Hackathons (Mohajer Soltani et al., 2014) and other OI forms to generate creative ideas (Dahlander and Wallin, 2020), involving universities in their programs. In particular, the typical Design Hackathon process lasts from 1 to 3 days, focusing on developing an idea through rapid prototypes (e.g., sketches, digital interfaces, mockups), as shown in Figure 2. In these short-term and intensive events called hackathons, participants aim at developing working prototypes as a possible solution to a beforehand well-defined problem (Mohajer Soltani et al., 2014). ...
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... The joint sleepless effort of this group created viable solutions for the given problem that could be implemented after a process of refinement. Scholars acknowledge that the hackathon approach has recently been hybridized with human-centered design to overcome the problem of obtaining technologically impressive solutions that lack a deep understanding of the problems from the users' point of view, always with an accelerated pace of implementation (Mincolelli et al. 2020). In the 2010s, several cases confirm that hackathons were also developed in non-Western countries, such as Asia and Africa (Chen 2018;Ghouila et al. 2018) as a tool to support farmers, to connect and empower citizens, and to expand scientific discoveries. ...
... Thus, design thinking (Brown 2008), one of the most widely used approaches to problem-solving and innovation (Liedtka 2015), emerges as a promising process that can enable an organization to identify the value of a given technology, design what to do with the technology, and define a roadmap for implementing the technology in its systems, products, services, or processes. Indeed, although design thinking has traditionally been seen as a human-centered approach (Martin 2010;Micheli et al. 2019;Mincolelli et al. 2020) driven by user needs and wants in the development of products and services 2023b), recent research has demonstrated the effectiveness of design thinking in traditionally less human-centered contexts, such as technology-driven organizations and projects (Mahmoud-Jouini, Fixson, and Boulet 2019). ...
This article explores the adaptation of design thinking for technology adoption projects, focusing on its role in assessing technology value within organizations and designing fitting applications (i.e., products, services, processes, or systems that use the technology). Through a case study conducted at a European Design Factory, we investigated seven technology adoption projects managed with design thinking processes. Our results validate an exploratory framework called "Tech to Organization", an adapted design thinking process tailored to technology adoption projects, along with five purpose-built tools to tackle such projects. This research provides managers and designers with a structured approach to managing the complexities of technology adoption.
... Similarly, CBI (Challenge Based Innovation) is an OI program in which multidisciplinary teams of students collaborate with partner organizations to develop projects that can solve complex societal problems, inspired by technological ideas that come from research at CERN (Balboni, Dosi, Marchini, Mincolelli, & Vignoli 2021). Additionally, many firms have started to leverage hackathons and other OI methodologies to generate a wealth of creative ideas by engaging students in their programs (Mincolelli, Cocchi, Dosi, & Vignoli 2020;Taylor & Clarke 2018). Considering the plethora of OI initiatives based on students' contributions, it becomes crucial to understand the motivations that drive students to participate and make the initiatives successful. ...
Given the widespread diffusion of open innovation (OI) initiatives that rely on student contributions, we aim to investigate how students' motivations for attending OI initiatives connect and interact. To this end, we conducted two studies using the laddering technique with a sample of 59 students who participated in two OI programs held in different contexts: ICARO, a business-oriented program carried out before and after the COVID-19, and TEN, a social innovation program conducted during the pandemic to help people cope with the effects of COVID-19. Our results reveal two motivational maps, illustrating commonalities and differences in motivational orientations, and highlighting core and contextual motivational structures. Our study provides evidence for the value of adopting a structural perspective on motivations and presents a comprehensive and replicable methodology for assessing motivations.
... The joint sleepless effort of this group created viable solutions for the given problem that could be implemented after a process of refinement. Scholars acknowledge that the hackathon approach has recently been hybridized with human-centered design to overcome the problem of obtaining technologically impressive solutions that lack a deep understanding of the problems from the users' point of view, always with an accelerated pace of implementation (Mincolelli et al. 2020). In the 2010s, several cases confirm that hackathons were also developed in non-Western countries, such as Asia and Africa (Chen 2018;Ghouila et al. 2018) as a tool to support farmers, to connect and empower citizens, and to expand scientific discoveries. ...
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... The joint sleepless effort of this group created viable solutions for the given problem that could be implemented after a process of refinement. Scholars acknowledge that the hackathon approach has recently been hybridized with human-centered design to overcome the problem of obtaining technologically impressive solutions that lack a deep understanding of the problems from the users' point of view, always with an accelerated pace of implementation (Mincolelli et al. 2020). In the 2010s, several cases confirm that hackathons were also developed in non-Western countries, such as Asia and Africa (Chen 2018;Ghouila et al. 2018) as a tool to support farmers, to connect and empower citizens, and to expand scientific discoveries. ...
What is transdisciplinarity - and what are its methods? How does a living lab work? What is the purpose of citizen science, student-organized teaching and cooperative education? This handbook unpacks key terms and concepts to describe the range of transdisciplinary learning in the context of academic education. Transdisciplinary learning turns out to be a comprehensive innovation process in response to the major global challenges such as climate change, urbanization or migration. A reference work for students, lecturers, scientists, and anyone wanting to understand the profound changes in higher education.
... Our results reinforce this perspective and present another potential solution with a handed-over hybridization form. We thus call for further research to investigate whether and under what circumstances it is worthwhile to abandon the Stage-Gate structure in favor of iterative methodologies or combinations thereof (e.g., Gartner's approach to combining Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile, 3 [104], [105]). ...
In this article, we address the complex implementation of Stage-Gate hybrid models in new product development (NPD) processes. The existing literature provides fragmented insights into the implementation of hybrid models, and this systematic literature review offers a more holistic understanding of the Stage-Gate hybridization phenomenon. Our findings first reveal three iterative methodologies (Agile, Design Thinking, and Lean Startup) that are integrated into the Stage-Gate process in either a nested or handed-over hybridization form, second, identify the stages of the NPD process that are best suited for the integration of these methodologies, third, show and describe three types of hybrid models (Agile/Stage-Gate, Design Thinking/Stage-Gate, and Design Thinking and Lean Startup/Stage-Gate), and finally identify four aggregated dimensions (project type, market, technology, and learning gap) that R&D managers should consider when deciding to activate a hybrid model for a specific project. This study contributes to innovation and project management research by advancing the Stage-Gate hybridization phenomenon's conceptualization beyond the Agile/Stage-Gate model, addressing the calls for contingency studies in the domain of hybrid models, providing managerial guidance on the activation of these models, and identifying future research directions. The study is supplemented by a description of how and when four manufacturers have successfully employed hybrid models.
... Indeed, this framework provides a structured research process for co-creating a solution to a problem, while also facilitating reflection on the knowledge gained during the research. Additionally, the AIM-R framework is conducive to achieving practical outcomes such as the development of programs (Mincolelli et al., 2020) and the launch of solutions resulting from those programs . The AIM-R models the research around five main phases: (1) analysis and framing, to investigate research gaps and practical problems; (2) project planning, to define both research questions and project design and planning; (3) execution on action, to execute the innovation project using research and working methods; (4) reflection and learning, to stimulate reflections of project and outcomes; and (5) communication and pivoting, to make systematic adjustments to overarching research plan. ...
Although it's human centered focus, design thinking has proven to be effective also in technology-driven projects, both in education and business. Yet, scant research has investigated whether and how design thinking might be leveraged to find new opportunities based on emerging technologies and design new innovation concepts accordingly. To address this gap, we employed an Action Innovation Management Research framework and co-designed a program called Tech to Market with Oper.Space, the design factory for Open Innovation of the University of Bologna. We ran 5 iterations of the program from October 2018 to December 2022, in which we conducted 52 interviews, observed 10 presentations, and held 10 meetings with the main stakeholders involved. Our results show how to apply design thinking to find and design a suitable application for a given technology, contributing to the ongoing conversation about the implementation of design thinking in technology-driven projects.
... Design thinking (Micheli et al., 2019) is recognized as a solid methodology that supports innovation with its mindset (Dosi et al., 2018), tools, and micro-foundations (Magistretti et al., 2021). Design Thinking is now studied as a methodology that supports and integrates with many others, in terms of organizational processes for new product development (Cocchi et al., 2021;Franchini et al., 2018), design practices like computational simulation , or innovation practices like open innovation (Mincolelli et al., 2020). In the last five years, design for policy has evolved to integrate design thinking to support policy design and making. ...
Design for policy deals with the policy cycle by recurring to design practices and tools, such as user-centered design, co-design, insights identification, abduction, creativity, prototyping. Empirical studies show that practice of design as inspirational and creative practice usually happens in the first phases of the policy cycle, and it hardly manages the challenges faced in policy formulation and policy implementation of the later phases of the policy cycle. In this case study we experiment with a policy innovation process that deals with those practices also in later stages of the policy cycle. The case study settles at the Regional level in Emilia Romagna to foster Reshoring initiatives.
... For instance, in the case of Digitali e Uguali, the design team addressed the initial challenge of remote activities by trying to help one-third of Italian families that did not own laptops, smartphones, and tablets and could not guarantee remote education to their children. The solution, a digital platform in which every person can donate new or unused digital devices, was launched by Yoox-Net-A-Porter just 33 days after the end of the project, and it provides free devices to needing families, enabling remote education (Mincolelli et al., 2020). This OPER.TEN result encouraged us to further push the program towards FI principles. ...
Against a pandemic, speed is crucial, and open innovation (OI) helps to empower the human capital distributed around the world to tackle the disease and to launch rapid testing of possible solutions. This article aims at showing an OI program - called “TEN” Transform Emergency Now! - ideated and developed by the University of Bologna to identify, design, and implement useful solutions to tackle specific issues coming from pandemics. With an action research-innovation management approach, the University developed two iterations to identify what elements to take into account to define a program that works for this effort. In TEN, Frugal Innovation (FI) principles were injected in a 10 days hackathon to favor the use of locally available resources and raw materials and exclude non-essential features. Results show that Frugality can become an element of OI by (1) pushing the team towards basic functionality and minimal features of the solutions and low-cost implementation. (2) Designing, in parallel with the solution, an ‘implementation network’, with a specific process design and program's organizational perspective. We believe that TEN has the potential to be an OI approach designed for emergencies.
Expectations from Higher Education institutions are increasing towards the education of professionals able to face complex societal issues. In this context, traditional thinking is losing ground, and scholars agree on the importance of promoting a Design Thinking (DT) Mindset in educational settings to address wicked problems. However, an explanation of and measurement for the DT mindset still needs to be adequately developed. We developed and validated a scale to measure DT mindset to fill this gap. After a comprehensive literature review, quantitative research was performed on two samples of professionals (N = 151) and students (N = 201). We employed confirmatory factor analysis, which yielded a 31-item scale based on ten dimensions. Overall, this study supports the conceptualization and operationalization of the DT mindset as a second-order factor that reflects uncertainty and risk, empathy, holistic thinking, collaboration and diversity, learning orientation, experimentation, critical questioning, abduction, creative confidence, and impact. Our findings advance knowledge that facilitates new research paths and has practical implications for educational and management fields.
