@article {1009, title = {Co-Creating User Stories: A Tool for Making Sense of Business Opportunities}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {6}, year = {2016}, month = {08/2016}, pages = {33-39}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {This article discusses co-creation as a means of sensemaking among business-to-business actors, and presents a case study from the information and communications sector, in which the aim is to understand current and future media consumption and behaviour. We propose to expand the notion of co-creation in such a way that it also recognizes interaction and sensemaking between different stakeholders within an industry or sector, compared to the current view, in which the focus is on the consumers{\textquoteright} role in co-creation activities. Stakeholder co-creation entails jointly creating meaning of a chosen complex phenomenon by using practical tools, such as narratives in the form of user stories. Sensemaking is a narrative process and can thus be used in combination with practical facilitation tools in order to co-create user stories or other stories, and in other contexts.}, keywords = {business-to-business, co-creation, sensemaking, user stories}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1009}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/1009}, author = {Anna-Greta Nystr{\"o}m and Miia Mustonen and Seppo Yrj{\"o}l{\"a}} } @article {602, title = {Living Labs as Open-Innovation Networks}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {09/2012}, pages = {6-11}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Living labs bring experimentation out of companies{\textquoteright} R\&D departments to real-life environments with the participation and co-creation of users, partners, and other parties. This study discusses living labs as four different types of networks characterized by open innovation: utilizer-driven, enabler-driven, provider-driven, and user-driven. The typology is based on interviews with the participants of 26 living labs in Finland, Sweden, Spain, and South Africa. Companies can benefit from knowing the characteristics of each type of living lab; this knowledge will help them to identify which actor drives the innovation, to anticipate likely outcomes, and to decide what kind of role they should play while "living labbing". Living labs are networks that can help them create innovations that have a superior match with user needs and can be upscaled promptly to the global market.}, keywords = {co-creation, innovation, living labs, networks, Open innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/602}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/602}, author = {Seppo Leminen and Mika Westerlund and Anna-Greta Nystr{\"o}m} }