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Creative Thinking at Tokat TTO
Led by Y. Bora Kaykayoğlu, “Creativity & Human-Centeredness” services were provided with Tokat Teknopark, using KiG's new gamification products and methods #Storyistic and #Solvetofix to generate innovative ideas through technical creative thinking and idea generation in line with strategic goals.
At a glance
- Project Focus
- Universities · Creativity and Product Development
- Project Lead
- TrainerY. Bora Kaykayoğlu
- Approaches Used
- Facilitation
- What Emerged
- University–business collaboration framework · Strategic blueprint for ecosystem design
- Sector
- Technopark / TTO
Inside the project
Focus
How can a university rebuild the connection between research and the sector?
The Tokat Teknopark project focused on addressing the organization's project / service needs within a university and ecosystem framework.
The gap between research and practice is closed through the right ecosystem design. This project was built around that design.
The weak link in university–sector relations was not knowledge transfer, but the two sides’ inability to establish a shared agenda.
Scope
We worked with the organization’s teams on technical creative thinking and idea generation in line with their strategic goals. We used the Storyistic and Solvetofix gamification methods to develop new ideas.
Implementation
HOW WAS ECOSYSTEM DESIGN USED IN THIS PROJECT?
We treated ecosystem design not as an organizational chart but as a system in which universities, businesses and entrepreneurs participate in a shared flow of value. TTO and technopark structures are nodes in this system.
A strong university does not just produce knowledge, but connects it to society’s future.
The journey we designed
- 01EXPLOREA situation map was developed by considering the organization's real needs, current ways of working and external signals together.
- 02REFRAMEThe work was co-created with the organization’s teams throughout the project. Feedback informed the design at every stage.
- 03BRING IT INTO THE ORGANIZATIONThe resulting model was connected to the organization’s operations.
Kaykayoğlu project insight
A university’s contribution to society is measured not by graduate numbers, but by where research turns into value.
Explore further
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