Educore helps organizations face future challenges through user-centered innovation.

Opportunity enrichment for sustainable futures is at the core of this work.

Future Center Alliance

FCA: Future Center Alliance

FCA is an alliance of master practitioners in the art and practice of creating, running and supporting Future Centers. The goal of the Alliance is to promote the effective realization of the Future Center concept in diverse domains. The eight core partners are experienced professionals working in the field of social and societal innovation, intellectual capital and collaborative workspace design. Their work ranges from academic and action research to hands-on problem solving in practice. Read the rest of this entry »

What are Future Centers?

Facilitated working environments

Future Centers are facilitated working environments that help organizations to prepare for the future in a proactive, collaborative and systematic way. They are used to create and apply knowledge, develop practical innovations, bring citizens in closer contact with government and connect end-users to industry. Read the rest of this entry »

User-driven Innovation

Living Labs

A Living Lab is a new concept for innovation to boost the Lisbon strategy for jobs and growth in Europe. What is Living Labs? The answer depends on who you ask, because of the big differences between running Living Labs. But one thing is common for all of them; the human-centric involvement and its potential for development of new ICT-based services and products. Things are accomplished by bringing different stakeholders together in a co-creative way. Read the rest of this entry »