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The teams decided to make one video together of their final thoughts after successful completion. This was a great way to show how well the students have worked together in this intensive course!                                        The winner of the game was team Kau maka with only one point difference in points to the next team. Congrats Kau maka! All the teams have done unbeleavable great work during this 2 weeks intensive program. Today they had their final presentations and they got feedback from the client, Sokos Hotel. Kau maka

Today's program was all about testing and finalizing a lot of work. LosQuatros We are feeling stressed, relieved and even bit sad simultaneously as this course is coming to an end. Todays testing was a magnificent way of acquiring honest aspects and opinions from outsiders. As a team we have got to know each other well and thus became stronger as a team. The following picture represents our teamwork. We are making a video for tomorrows presentation. :)  Mamacha                                Kau maka:  Our group is feeling a wonderful spirit so we had to dance between our hard work. Let us introduce you to the dabke challenge

This day was about prototyping and the students did amazing work. Look at the short videos they recorded. Kaumaka´s prototype LosQuatros´prototype Mamacha´s proto

After 8 days work Kau maka is leading the Nov2017Games! There is three more days to go, so everything is possible!

This is how the contemporary premises or services are going to change in the future.   Kaumaka: Our idea is to include more nature into the lobby. Now you can get an idea of how the lobby would look with a nature section. There is a berry bush where you can pick your own fruits, trees and grass you can just enjoy and a work bubble with a smart screen glass where you can work in or have meetings. Mamacha: Lobby of the future LosQuatros: Ever wondered at a restaurant before ordering food weather the food is going to be big enough to satisfy your hunger or how much calories it includes? In our Holo hotel lobby restaurant you can see your meal holostyle before ordering. No more regrets or jealousy for your friends meals!

Today´s Seppo was about cultural findings of the day. Students where asked to upload photos and explain why they have chosen them. Here are some of the photos. Mamacha: In Germany people are use to prefer cash more than credit card as a payment. In Finland almost everyone prefers credit card.  LosQuatros: And this one is very German looking premisery. Kau maka: Beer, rolls and „Mettwurst“ belong to the typical German diet and are originally produced in Germany. The Germans and Polish consume the most beer and Germany produces and sells a wide variety of beer. Bread rolls are also not common in every country but you can buy them in every German bakery. The Mettwurst is originally produced in Germany since the 16th century and was first called „Metworst“.

Here are teamselfies for the first moment the teams are on the German ground together as a team! Kau maka LosQuatros Mamacha

This time students where asked to create a video of a customer journey. Mamacha recorded a video of  their future hotel lobby and the others created a video of a real life service. Customer journey from Mamacha team Kau maka´s video. Video from Los Quatros team.

LosQuatros: The host at the hotel is a futuristic hologram, who scans the customer in advance to offer perfect customsized service just for him. Kau maka: A park in lobby will help people relax and enjoy nature even on rainy days Mamacha + roni: The receptionist in this lobby is a robot

On this day the students described some ideas their team generated which they have deleted and also why they had done it. The teams had discarded game area and classical music in the lobby, fingerprints for customer check inn, food elevator and tables in the sitting area with inductive charging. After 3 days game LosQuatros has a lead of six points over the others. Very close competition at the moment!!

LosQuatros: The Market Square offers souvenirs and beautiful sea-related sights. Even though the market promotes Finnish atmosphere we found it rather amusing that most of the products were made in China. But it doesn't play a significant role to the tourists. kau maka: Tourist information in Helsinki Mamacha + roni: We noticed that most of the famous sightseeing were packed inside 1 kilometer so we did a video, in which we wander true Kauppatori into the Helsinki SkyWheel. It was a beautiful day for the tourists, and the whole area has been put together amazingly in order to form a complete tourism service experience (restaurants, open pools, flea markets, sightseeings, etc.)

Day #1 started with cultural and future lectures and team working. For the game, students had to take some photos of future orientation. Some examples of their findings mamacha + Roni: Helsinki University - Advertisement for Artificial Intelligence Conference & Exhibition LosQuatros:  Supermarket open 24 hours a day, you can make purchases at any time. Supports freedom and individualism kaumaka: The reception would have a AI instead of humans to greet you

On Monday we started our course of Intercultural Approach to Design Thinking with Kiel and Laurea University of Applied Sciences students. The 2 weeks intensive course starts in Espoo, Finland and ends next Friday in Kiel, Germany. The main task of the course is to develop a future vision of the hotel lobby for Sokos Hotels. Students are learning and using several service innovation and design methods during these two weeks. The Nov2017 Games is maid by teachers for visualising the learning process and boosting team spirit. Every day students have a new assignment, which they have to upload into the game platform (Seppo). Here are the teams Team kaumaka Team LosQuatros Team mamacha and their mentor Roni Nov2017Games - a mobile game for Intercultural Approach to Design Thinking.