KIN is all about Digital Innovation. We are fascinated by the ways in which the use and development of digital innovations affect the way we work and organize.
We conduct research, organize consortia, provide executive education, and host masterclasses on a variety of topics such as data & analytics, creativity & design, innovation processes, crowdsourcing, and much more. Our mission is to make the world a better place in the digital era: we bring together academia and practice to truly understand the social and long-term consequences of digital innovations in organizations.
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KIN at Synergy: AI at Work
Developments in algorithmic technologies are bringing high impact changes in social and organizational life, and in particular for work. The resulting issues and challenges are complex, and unravelling them requires […]
Event: Wednesday 13 March 2019 – Information Session Executive Program
Digital transformation is the radical organizational change that is due to the emergence of digital innovations such as artificial intelligence, robotics, digital platforms, innovation ecosystems, blockchains, virtual reality, and internet […]
Impression – KINTalk KLM’s Journey to Digital Customer Intimacy -January 18th
KINTalks – AirFrance-KLM: Going Digital to Continuously Improve the Customer Experience For the 1st KINTalks edition of 2019, we flew in Lydia van Schaik to give a talk on customer […]
Master thesis award winner: WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CONVERGENCE STRATEGY
Technological advancements have always been affecting the strategy of and rivalry among individual firms. The increasing complexity of these technologies, however, is radically transforming whole structures and boundaries across industries. […]
Looking for Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
Are you an ambitious and outstanding innovation scholar studying digital innovation? Please apply at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Area of expertise: Organization and Management of Digital Innovation Processes | Location: Amsterdam Job […]
18 January 2019 – KinTalk: Being Where Your Customers Are: KLM’s Journey to Digital Customer Intimacy
In our upcoming KINTalks on January 18th we invited Lydia van Schaik, Manager Mobile Apps and Capabilities at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to give a talk about innovation and mobile […]
A Vibrant Digital Society Conference on November 27th
In our digital age, we are confronted with many challenges as digitalisation affects every aspect of modern life: How we store and protect our personal information, how we make use […]
Making digital platforms successful: Insights on how to manage third-party app developers
With the advent of digital technology, organizations increasingly choose for open platform strategies. Platform-based innovation thrives on complementary products/services that are developed by independent third-parties. Through adopting standardized interfaces (APIs) […]
Impression – KINTalk Fighter pilot – November 9th
Ministry of Defense: Opening up the organization for digital innovation November 9th 2018, KINTalks For the newest edition of KINTalks, we invited lieutenant colonel Patrick Vreeburg, working as Chief Air […]
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Research
At KIN, we study the development, use, implications and business value of digital innovations. This research is conducted by a multi-disciplinary group of researchers with academic backgrounds in business administration, sociology, communication science, anthropology, philosophy, engineering, industrial design, and computer science. Find out about some of our latest top-tier publications!
Executive Program
Digital innovation & transformation: we hear the term all the time and we all have to do something with it. But why? What is digital transformation exactly? What are some of the challenges and opportunities for organizations? How does digital innovation affect the ways in which we work and organize? What types of ethical dillema's and social consequences do we need to think about?
Interested to learn about Digital Innovation & and Transformation?
Join our Executive Program!
Masterclasses
We regularly organize interactive masterclasses on digital innovation topics. Some of our previous masterclasses were on Open Banking, Data Driven Business Model Innovation, and Creativity & Design for Innovation. Central to our approach is combining insights from our rich scientific studies with practical implications that help professionals and organizations to think further than the hypes.
Join us in our upcoming masterclasses on Platforms & Ecosystems, the changing role of the IT function, Crowdsourcing, and many more!
Masterclasses
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