Research Cases
The organisations we study come from radically different backgrounds, and that is why we see this is so exciting, for both science and practice. The cases (in random order) are following.
Reaktor - https://www.reaktor.com/
Reaktor Innovations Oy, also known as Reaktor, is a Finnish company that operates in seven countries, providing IT consulting services, software development, as well as digital strategy and design work. The company's headquarters is located in Helsinki, and it has branches in Tokyo, New York, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Tampere, and Turku. Reaktor employs agile software development methodologies. The company was founded in the year 2000, and in 2020, it had approximately 550 employees. The Reaktor group's revenue was around 67 million euros in 2018 and approximately 71 million euros in 2019. The American technology publication Fast Company named Reaktor one of the world's most innovative companies in 2019. In 2020, it also included Reaktor's projects in the list of ideas changing the world. Furthermore, Reaktor has received multiple awards in the Best Workplaces in Finland study by the Great Place to Work Institute Finland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaktor_(company)
Futurice - https://futurice.com/
Futurice is a digital innovation and engineering company with Finnish roots. The core business is developing and designing digital services and products. In addition, Futurice helps its clients to become more capable in the future by transforming company cultures, co-creating digital strategies, and turning technology into business. Futurice's purpose is "to catalyze progress by building and learning together." It was founded in 2000 and by 2019 it had employed more than 500 professionals. In 2012 and 2013, Futurice was chosen by the “Great Place” and “Work Institute” as the best place to work in both Finland and in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurice
Burning Man - https://burningman.org/
Burning Man is a global community with an annual event in the western United States that emphasizes art, self-expression, and self-reliance. The 70,000 participant strong event takes its name from the ceremonial burning of a large wooden effigy, known as the Man, which occurs on the penultimate night. Held at Black Rock City in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, the event follows ten guiding principles outlined by co-founder Larry Harvey, including radical inclusion, self-reliance, and participation. Originating in 1986, Burning Man has grown over the years and attracts diverse participants who design and build art, activities, and events based on an annual theme. It is organized by the non-profit Burning Man Project, which supports and is in dialogue with smaller regional events and promotes Burning Man culture worldwide through various initiatives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man
Wikimedia https://wikimediafoundation.org/
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, and registered as a charitable foundation under local laws.Best known as the hosting platform for Wikipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia, it also hosts other related projects and MediaWiki, a wiki software.
The Wikimedia Foundation's mission is "to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally."To serve this mission, the Foundation provides the technical and organizational infrastructure to enable members of the public to develop wiki content in multiple languages. The Foundation does not write or curate any of the content on the wikis itself. This is done by volunteers, such as the Wikipedians who create and maintain Wikipedia. It does collaborate with a network of individual volunteers and affiliated organizations such as Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, user groups and other partners in different countries all over the world, and promises in its mission statement to make useful information from its projects available on the internet free of charge in perpetuity. It also engages in political advocacy.The Foundation's strategic direction, formulated in 2017, envisages that it "will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge" by 2030.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation