Interviews concerning Kompan and 'The patients briefcase'

Thank you to Michael Laris (Kompan) and Michael Hansen Nord ( The patients briefcase) for two very interesting interviews.

















We found Michael Hansen Nord to be a wonderful example on a lead user innovator and Kompan has cerainly involved the children, who use their play grounds in their innovation process.

Stay posted to hear more....

Companies we have interviewed in Denmark in the last week

In the last week we have interviewed:
Linda Yvonne Friis, Senior Application Specialist from Danisco
Michael Qvortrup, Design Manager from Danfoss
Lars Thøgersen, Founder and Director from CPH Design
Lau Kofoed Kierstein,Research Manager from PlayAlive
Anders Vognsen, Management partner from Nordea
Robert Schønrock Nielsen, Business Researcher Phd from Codan

Our partners

We are working with partners in several countries:
Sweden - http://www.dotank.se
Norway - http://www.aho.no/
Finland - http://www.taik.fi/mo/english/

Great experiences in Chicago at EPIC

We are back in Copenhagen again after meeting with many interesting people in Chicago at the EPIC conference! It was useful for our project purpose to see that so many companies, especially in the US, are using ethnografic methods to develop front end innovations. After all the intelectual stimulation we also had time for some cultural stimulation!

The companies we interview

The figure shows the innovation process which most companies use - depicted in 8 steps. We are looking for companies that involve users in these steps.

The companies we are interviewing regarding an innovation project fulfill 3 criteria: 1) They have involved users in the innovation process 2) The project is completed and a product or service is launced on the market 3) The project can show results such as e.g. sales or improved processes

EPIC

Our team is off to Chicago and EPIC - see you all there!

Welcome to Innovation with users

Hello to all interested!
We are a team in FORA (Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsens enhed for forskning og analyse) in Denmark who are looking for companies that involve users in the innovation process.

This blog is for all the people we meet and interview - and anyone interested in innovation.

We are starting in Denmark - interviewing all the great companies such as Lego, Danisco and Novo Nordisk. Once we have found all the innovative companies in this country, we will be looking abroad - to the US, the UK and Europe - and what about Japan??

Do you know any companies that have involved users in the innovation process when developing new products or services?? We would love to know!

Next week we will be in Chicago attending EPIC - maybe we will meet you there and you can tell us your company's story!

If you want to know more have a look at: http://www.foranet.dk/Om%20FORA/Medarbejdere/Analytikere/Data/Tanja%20Bisgaard.aspx

Can't wait to hear from you! Lise, Josefine, Casper and Tanja