Do you need fresh and ”out of the box” thinking related to digital services for health and wellbeing? Digital Wellbeing Sprint (DWS) is an intensive course organized by Laurea, Haaga-Helia and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (also called as 3UAS) and it is based on open innovation and co-creation methods. Due to Covid-19, the sprint will…
We have decided to extend the application period for Digital Wellbeing Sprint tutors until 1.2.2021. This is a great opportunity to grow your virtual facilitation skills, network with companies, students and teachers and of course get 5 ECTS credits in a fun and inspiring way! Don’t miss your opportunity to join the fun and apply…
I enrolled the DWS sprint at the beginning of this year. At this point, the Corona pandemic took place in China, and the sprint was supposed to be organised live. A little later, the pandemic started, and I thought that the sprint probably will be cancelled. The idea that the sprint could be organized virtually…
12 steps worth considering while designing multiple remote design sprints
This writing is to reflect on the learnings that I received when participating the Digital Wellbeing sprint organized by Haaga-Helia, Laurea and Metropolia universities of applied sciences. We had 8 sprint teams with 6 challenges from companies. My role as a tutor in the sprint was leaning towards writing blogs and articles. On top of…
In the last week of May 2020, the Digital Wellbeing Sprint (DWS) brought together students and health tech companies to develop real life user-friendly digital solutions. The sprint is a collaboration between three Universities of Applied Sciences: Laurea, Metropolia and Haaga-Helia. This year, for the first time ever, the DWS was organized virtually because of…
This is a reflection on learnings on designing the Digital Health and Wellbeing Sprint Event, a Remote Design Sprint. I should say sprints, since we actually run simultaneously 8 sprints with teams that were working with 6 different startup companies in the health and wellbeing sector. The sprint teams were students of three universities of…
Day six in our Digital Wellbeing Sprint started with a digital lecture by Tuukka Vartiainen. He works as an enterprise architect in the Cloud and Cognitive -Unit of IBM. He guided us through some interesting cases in the start up scene which were made possible by the Watson Health Center. The most interesting one was…
This blog is written based on an presentation given by Tuula Tiihonen from Sitra. She is a Senior Lead from Capacity of Renewal -unit of Sitra. The sprint Tuesday got to a rocket start with an inspirational speech by Tuula Tiihonen from Sitra. Finns are familiar to Sitra and that they work in multiple sectors…
This blog writing is the second of the writings that are published before the digital wellbeing sprint takes place. The blog reveals the thoughts of central figures in the industry regarding trends and changes taking place in health care sector. An interview with Päivi Salo, IT and marketing director at Pohjola Hospital took place to…