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Sjödin, C., Strömberg, A., Sannö, A. & Stec, M. (2022). Collaborative foresight for sustainable innovation. In: LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications: . Paper presented at The XXXIII ISPIM Innovation Conference "Innovating in a Digital World", held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 05 June to 08 June 2022.
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2022 (English)In: LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications, 2022Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Openness, broad involvement and inclusion of different perspectives are considered a useful strategy for successful innovation. We suggest this is valid also for foresight practice as a part of an innovation process. In this paper, collaborative signal scanning regarding sustainability, act as the foundation for an intervention in an interactive research study discussing how to distribute and improve foresight practice, based on broad involvement for sustainable innovation? This research was performed as a university industry collaboration. The intervention consisted of two parts: moderated networking meetings with the purpose of sharing and reflecting on weak signals about sustainability and access to a learning module consisting of practical and theoretical material on corporate foresight, accessible via a digital learning platform. Participants express new insights, changed habits both in private and professional situations, and a strong incentive to pursue this work. The lack of time is a hinder for the individuals.

Keywords
collaborative foresight, sustainable innovation, weak signals, openness, user involvement, UIC, intervention, diversity, learning
National Category
Other Mechanical Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-61385 (URN)978-952-335-694-8 (ISBN)
Conference
The XXXIII ISPIM Innovation Conference "Innovating in a Digital World", held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 05 June to 08 June 2022
Available from: 2022-12-30 Created: 2022-12-30 Last updated: 2022-12-30Bibliographically approved
Bojesson, C., Jackson, M. & Strömberg, A. (2014). Rethinking effectiveness: Addressing managerial paradoxes by using a process perspective on effectiveness. In: : . Paper presented at 21st EurOMA Conference, June 20-25, Palermo, Italy.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Rethinking effectiveness: Addressing managerial paradoxes by using a process perspective on effectiveness
2014 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
National Category
Other Engineering and Technologies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-27494 (URN)
Conference
21st EurOMA Conference, June 20-25, Palermo, Italy
Projects
INNOFACTURE - innovative manufacturing development
Available from: 2015-02-10 Created: 2015-02-10 Last updated: 2020-10-20Bibliographically approved
Backström, T., Strömberg, A. & Sjödin, C. (2010). Shared vision as an order parameter. In: Society for chaos in psychology and life sciences international conference: . Palermo
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2010 (English)In: Society for chaos in psychology and life sciences international conference, Palermo, 2010Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This paper is dealing with a way to temporarily change the patterns of thinking and acting of a team. Or more specific; to move a team through a phase transition from an ordered phase to a complex phase. The aim is to make it possible for production personnel to contribute and be integrated in idea development processes. Innovation and improvement are important to ensure long term competitiveness for most companies. Since patterns of thinking and acting in idea development is different from the ones needed in production it is often recommended to perform this work in a department not connected to production. The division between production and idea development may lead to several problems; e.g. impoverishment of the work of production personnel, no input from common days experience in idea development, and harder for production personnel to understand and take responsibility for the production of new products resulting from the idea development, and thus e.g. hamper future work with improvements of it. The ideal for team creativity is to be able to make use of all members' different ideas, experiences and different ways to understand things, in a common creative process. This is possible if each team member at the same time is both autonomous, independently using its competence in action, and integrated, relating each action to an emerging idea shared by all team members. When independent agents interact, and an organization which controls the actions of the agents emerges in this interaction, then we have a complex system, by definition. The agents are at the same time autonomous, following their individual organization, and integrated to the system, following the organization of the system. Most of the work tasks for normal teams in work life demands predictability, not creativity. Such teams develop patterns of thinking and acting that is good for repeatedly producing with high efficiency and quality. This is possible for an ordered system with low autonomy, not a complex system. The question of this paper is: Is it possible to find a strategy that may be used to support a team to reach a complex phase, were it is creative sooner than predictable? An important inspiration writing this paper has been an article Movie making as a mediator in dialogue (Palus & Drath). The thoughts presented in the article were similar to our understanding of how to support creativity of teams and we have decided to use this technique in our creativity lab. In our paper we describe how to understand this technique from a complexity perspective, and start a discussion about how to measure the complexity of a team's social interaction.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Palermo: , 2010
Research subject
Innovation and Design
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-10894 (URN)
Available from: 2010-11-10 Created: 2010-11-10 Last updated: 2013-12-03Bibliographically approved
Olofsson, J., Levin, M., Strömberg, A., Weber, S., Ryttsén, F. & Orwar, O. (2007). Scanning electroporation of selected areas of adherent cell cultures. Analytical Chemistry, 79(12), 4410-4418
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Scanning electroporation of selected areas of adherent cell cultures
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2007 (English)In: Analytical Chemistry, ISSN 0003-2700, E-ISSN 1520-6882, Vol. 79, no 12, p. 4410-4418Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We present a computer-controlled scanning electroporation method. Adherent cells are electroporated using an electrolyte-filled capillary in contact with an electrode. The capillary can be scanned over a cell culture and locally deliver both an electric field and an electroporation agent to the target area without affecting surrounding cells. The instantaneous size of the targeted area is determined by the dimensions of the capillary. The size and shape of the total electroporated area are defined by these dimensions in combination with the scanning pattern. For example, striped and serpentine patterns of electroporated cells in confluent cultures can be formed. As it is easy to switch between different electroporation agents, the method is suitable for design of cell cultures with complex composition. Finite element method simulations were used to study the spatial distributions of the electric field and the concentration of an electroporation agent, as well as the fluid dynamics related to scanning and flow ofelectroporation agent from the capillary. The method was validated for transfection by introduction of a 9-base-pair-long randomized oligonucleotide into PC12 cells and a pmaxGFP plasmid coding for green fluorescent protein into CHO and WSS cells.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society (ACS), 2007
National Category
Analytical Chemistry
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-22332 (URN)10.1021/ac062140i (DOI)000247216800010 ()2-s2.0-34347255357 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2013-11-01 Created: 2013-11-01 Last updated: 2017-12-06Bibliographically approved
Strömberg, A. (2006). Method and apparatus for manipulation of cells and cell like structures using focused electric fields in microfluidic systems and use thereof. us 7018819.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Method and apparatus for manipulation of cells and cell like structures using focused electric fields in microfluidic systems and use thereof
2006 (Swedish)Patent (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
National Category
Other Natural Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-51732 (URN)
Patent
US 7018819
Available from: 2020-10-22 Created: 2020-10-22 Last updated: 2020-10-22Bibliographically approved
Chiu, D. T., Davidson, M., Strömberg, A., Ryttsen, F. & Orwar, O. (2001). Electrical and optical methods for the manipulation and analyses of single cells. In: Cohn, G E (Ed.), CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS: . Paper presented at Conference on Clinical Diagnostic Systems, JAN 21-22, 2001, SAN JOSE, CA (pp. 1-8). Univ Washington, Dept Chem, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
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2001 (English)In: CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS / [ed] Cohn, G E, Univ Washington, Dept Chem, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING , 2001, p. 1-8Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This paper describes the use of focused electric fields and focused optical fields for the high resolution manipulation of single cells. A focused electric field, obtained with the use of ultramicroelectrodes (tip diameter similar to 5 mum), is used to electroporate and electrofuse individual cells selectively and with high spatial resolution. A focused optical field, in the form of an optical tweezer, is used to isolate single organelles from a cell as well as to position liposomes incorporated with receptors and transporters along the cell for the high-resolution sampling and probing of the cellular microenvironment.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Univ Washington, Dept Chem, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 2001
Series
Proceedings of SPIE, ISSN 0277-786X ; 4255
Keywords
single cells, liposomes, electroporation, electrofusion, microdissection, microelectrodes, optical trapping
National Category
Chemical Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-51793 (URN)10.1117/12.426752 (DOI)000169776800001 ()2-s2.0-0034941454 (Scopus ID)0-8194-3933-9 (ISBN)
Conference
Conference on Clinical Diagnostic Systems, JAN 21-22, 2001, SAN JOSE, CA
Available from: 2020-10-22 Created: 2020-10-22 Last updated: 2022-02-07Bibliographically approved
Strömberg, A. (2001). Manipulating and Mimicking Single-Cell Compartments Using Liposome Chemistry and Miniaturized Biomembrane Electropermeabilization. (Doctoral dissertation). Göteborg: Chalmers Reproservice
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Manipulating and Mimicking Single-Cell Compartments Using Liposome Chemistry and Miniaturized Biomembrane Electropermeabilization
2001 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Göteborg: Chalmers Reproservice, 2001
Series
Doctoral Theses from University of Gothenburg / Doktorsavhandlingar från Göteborgs universitet : [8777]
National Category
Analytical Chemistry
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-22336 (URN)91-628-4798-8 (ISBN)
Public defence
(Swedish)
Opponent
Supervisors
Available from: 2013-12-19 Created: 2013-11-01 Last updated: 2013-12-19Bibliographically approved
Strömberg, A., Karlsson, A., Ryttsen, F., Davidson, M., Chiu, D. T. & Orwar, O. (2001). Microfluidic device for combinatorial fusion of liposomes and cells. Analytical Chemistry, 73(1), 126-130
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2001 (English)In: Analytical Chemistry, ISSN 0003-2700, E-ISSN 1520-6882, Vol. 73, no 1, p. 126-130Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We describe an electrofusion-based technique for combinatorial synthesis of individual liposomes. A prototype device with containers for liposomes of different compositions and a fusion container was constructed. The sample containers had fluid contact with the fusion container through microchannels. Optical trapping was used to transport individual liposomes and cells through the microchannels into the fusion container. In the fusion container, selected pairs of liposomes were fused together using microelectrodes. A large number of combinatorially synthesized Liposomes with complex compositions and reaction systems can be obtained from small sets of precursor liposomes. The order of different reaction steps can be specified and defined by the fusion sequence. This device could also facilitate single cell-cell electrofusions (hybridoma production). This is exemplified by fusion of transported red blood cells.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Gothenburg Univ, Dept Chem, S-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden.: AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2001
National Category
Chemical Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-51736 (URN)10.1021/ac000528m (DOI)000166262500026 ()11195496 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-0035164186 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2020-10-22 Created: 2020-10-22 Last updated: 2022-03-18Bibliographically approved
Karlsson, A., Karlsson, R., Karlsson, M., Cans, A., Strömberg, A., Ryttsén, F. & Orwar, O. (2001). Molecular engineering: Networks of nanotubes and containers [Letter to the editor]. Nature, 409(6817), 150-152
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2001 (English)In: Nature, ISSN 0028-0836, E-ISSN 1476-4687, Vol. 409, no 6817, p. 150-152Article in journal, Letter (Refereed) Published
National Category
Analytical Chemistry
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-22335 (URN)10.1038/35051656 (DOI)000166316200030 ()
Available from: 2013-11-01 Created: 2013-11-01 Last updated: 2017-12-06Bibliographically approved
Wilson, C. F., Simpson, G. J., Chiu, D. T., Strömberg, A., Orwar, O., Rodriguez, N. & Zare, R. N. (2001). Nanoengineered structures for holding and manipulating liposomes and cells. Analytical Chemistry, 73(4), 787-791
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2001 (English)In: Analytical Chemistry, ISSN 0003-2700, E-ISSN 1520-6882, Vol. 73, no 4, p. 787-791Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We describe the fabrication of nanoengineered holding pipets with concave seating surfaces and fine pressure control. These pipets were shown to exhibit exceptional stability in capturing, transporting, and releasing single cells and liposomes 1-12 mum in diameter, which opens previously inaccessible avenues of research. Three specific examples demonstrated the, utility and versatility of this manipulation system. In the first, carboxyrhodaminie was selectively incorporated into individual cells by electroporation, after which nearly all the medium (hundreds of microliters) surrounding the docked and tagged cells was rapidly exchanged (in seconds) and the cells were subsequently probed by laser-induced fluorescence (LIF). In the second study, a single liposome containing carboxyrhodamine was transported to a dye-free solution using a transfer pipet, docked to a holding pipet, and held firmly during physical agitation and interrogation by LIF. In the third study, pairs of liposomes were positioned between two microelectrodes, held in contact, and selectively electrofused and the resulting liposomes undocked intact.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stanford Univ, Dept Chem, Stanford, CA 94305 USA. Univ Gothenburg, Dept Chem, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden.: AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2001
National Category
Chemical Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-51734 (URN)10.1021/ac001020m (DOI)000167076700010 ()11248893 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-0035865446 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2020-10-22 Created: 2020-10-22 Last updated: 2022-03-18Bibliographically approved
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