“KYKY” (Accelerated co-creation for schools and companies) operating model was created in 2016 to answer the need for a systematic process for co-creation between schools, companies, and communities. KYKY model is supported by a digital “KYKY marketplace” which is a matching platform for ideas and development needs of the participants. Together the operating model and the digital marketplace form the KYKY concept.
In KYKY concept, Espoo´s learning environments are considered as living labs where open innovations and new edtech solutions are developed and validated. The City´s role is to enable and catalyze these practices which promote children’s ability to innovate and strengthen the 21st learning skills, facilitate multi-stakeholder value creation for future edtech solutions, generate new solutions and new business.
After three years of operation and several success stories, it´s time to develop, re-conceptualize both the KYKY model and the marketplace and scale the concept nationally and globally.