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Towards More Equal and Family Friendly Working Life — Tackling Pregnancy and Family Leave Discrimination Through Social Design
(2024)
perhevapaasyrjinnän laajuudesta, ilmenemismuodoista ja syistä sekä esittää tutkimuksen osallistujien kanssa yhdessä ideoituja toimenpiteitä syrjinnän ehkäisemiseksi sekä tasa-arvoisemman ja perheystävällisemmän työelämän edistämiseksi. Opinnäytetyö tehtiin...
The thesis investigates pregnancy and family leave discrimination in Finnish working life through combining prior research and empirical data gathered from Finnish parents. The aim of the thesis is to gain understanding on the extent, manifestations, and causes of pregnancy and family leave discrimination and propose co-developed interventions for tackling the issue and for enhancing more equal and family friendly working life. The thesis was conducted in collaboration with Equally on Family Leave project (2023–2025) of a network and registered association of career-oriented mothers, Mothers in Business (MiB). In the thesis service design is used to address a social issue of pregnancy and family leave discrimination, referred to as social design. The thesis uses a methodological framework which combines design thinking and systems thinking to the primary guiding principle of social design, that is, the 'common good'. The thesis applies a 'triple diamond' process model, derived from the service design Double Diamond approach. Main research methods consist of an open online survey (N=449) and collaborative workshops with 17 participants including MiB members, employees, and board members....
The thesis investigates pregnancy and family leave discrimination in Finnish working life through combining prior research and empirical data gathered from Finnish parents. The aim of the thesis is to gain understanding on the extent, manifestations, and causes of pregnancy and family leave discrimination and propose co-developed interventions for tackling the issue and for enhancing more equal and family friendly working life. The thesis was conducted in collaboration with Equally on Family Leave project (2023–2025) of a network and registered association of career-oriented mothers, Mothers in Business (MiB). In the thesis service design is used to address a social issue of pregnancy and family leave discrimination, referred to as social design. The thesis uses a methodological framework which combines design thinking and systems thinking to the primary guiding principle of social design, that is, the 'common good'. The thesis applies a 'triple diamond' process model, derived from the service design Double Diamond approach. Main research methods consist of an open online survey (N=449) and collaborative workshops with 17 participants including MiB members, employees, and board members....
Designing investment acquisition service for Finnish deep tech companies
(2021)
, and learnings in the design process, this master’s thesis aims to create an investment acquisition service for Zenzi Consulting, where the investment is specifically from Chinese investors and the target customer group is deep tech companies in Finland...
Integrating Innovations Into a Company’s Strategy Through a Concept of Sustainable Futures Business Design
(2023)
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli analysoida tulevaisuuden ennakoinnin, tulevaisuus-, palvelu- ja liiketoimintamuotoilun roolia kestävän liiketoiminnan ja kestävyysstrategian luonnissa. Tarkoitus oli ymmärtää kuinka strategia-, liiketoiminnan kehitys- ja...
The goal of this research was to analyze the role of futures foresight, futures design, service innovation design and business design practices in sustainable business and sustainability strategy creation. The focus was to understand how strategy, business development, and sustainability professionals use these methods in their work, what kind of challenges they face, and what kind of best practices and success factors there are. Based on this knowledge, the study develops a practice-oriented concept for improving the existing theoretically well-founded frameworks of using futures foresight and service design by professionals for successfully embedding sustainability into a company’s strategy. This concept is titled “a concept of sustainable futures business design”. The analysis was done by building a theoretical framework of combining futures foresight and design, futures-oriented service innovation design, and business model innovation and design for sustainable business and value creation. The current futures foresight and design practices were studied through qualitative research by interviewing sustainability, strategy, and futures foresight experts in different companies in Finland. The research results show that by developing futures foresight and design capabilities and integrating foresight and design processes, companies could use the futures foresight information and results more extensively in several company functions for sustainable business. The results were used by creating a model for combining the processes between sustainable development and service innovations and business development. The purpose of the integrated concept is to enable easier processes and methods for analyzing sustainability value creation opportunities and developing sustainable business innovations with foresight and design tools. The concept is intended to serve as a basis for further development and adjustment to the needs of various companies in different industries....
The goal of this research was to analyze the role of futures foresight, futures design, service innovation design and business design practices in sustainable business and sustainability strategy creation. The focus was to understand how strategy, business development, and sustainability professionals use these methods in their work, what kind of challenges they face, and what kind of best practices and success factors there are. Based on this knowledge, the study develops a practice-oriented concept for improving the existing theoretically well-founded frameworks of using futures foresight and service design by professionals for successfully embedding sustainability into a company’s strategy. This concept is titled “a concept of sustainable futures business design”. The analysis was done by building a theoretical framework of combining futures foresight and design, futures-oriented service innovation design, and business model innovation and design for sustainable business and value creation. The current futures foresight and design practices were studied through qualitative research by interviewing sustainability, strategy, and futures foresight experts in different companies in Finland. The research results show that by developing futures foresight and design capabilities and integrating foresight and design processes, companies could use the futures foresight information and results more extensively in several company functions for sustainable business. The results were used by creating a model for combining the processes between sustainable development and service innovations and business development. The purpose of the integrated concept is to enable easier processes and methods for analyzing sustainability value creation opportunities and developing sustainable business innovations with foresight and design tools. The concept is intended to serve as a basis for further development and adjustment to the needs of various companies in different industries....
Towards new museum services: developing B2B Services for Finland's New Museum of Architecture and Design by Identifying Customer Expectations
(2024)
Finland's New Museum of architecture and design is currently being planned for Helsinki. The museum's international, open design competition is running from April 2024, and the competition winner will be announced in ...
Customer-centricity as an approach to retail solution development in brick-and-mortar
(2023)
for the group´s market trade chain management to be used in retail development projects in daily consumer goods trade to strengthen - and in the long run to help establish – customer voice in development work. The aim of the thesis is to explain factors...
Leading the Change and Finding the Right Way through Service Design : case: Personal Best Athletics
(2022)
, the goal was to co-create together with the case company, Personal Best Athletics Oy, a base for a new business model that creates value for their customers through a human-centered approach. Furthermore, this thesis aims to build a basis for the case...
Service Design as a Development Approach for Early-Stage Startups - Finding the Best “Problem/Solution Fit"
(2021)
and the inability to find a market for a product were found to be key reasons for startup failure, while team and financing related aspects were also identified as key issues. An overall need for founders to focus more on the problem space and to engage more...
From Intentions to Actions : Nudging Generation Z towards Sustainable Fashion Choices through Service Design
(2023)
Commissioned by VISU project, this thesis focuses on developing practical recommendations for promoting sustainable fashion practices among Generation Z.
The goal of the work is to assist fashion brands, educators, ...
Piloting a New Service in a Healthcare Living Lab Environment – Case: Medified
(2021)
, are developing new digital services and solutions that are introduced to healthcare organizations. The purpose of this thesis is to improve the customer experience and the late-stage prototype of a new service in a public healthcare context. The development...
Value in Onboarding : Designing the New Employee Onboarding Procedure for a Hybrid Working Environment
(2023)
In current times of rapidly changing working environments, employee onboarding remains a topical subject for research and development. The purpose of this thesis is to develop an internal procedure for new employee onboarding for the benefit...






