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Kipinä
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A curious recipe of tech, combining deep understanding of digital realities, sprinkled with perspectives of humanity on top. Written by humans, assisted by AI. Read on!
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Can you spot the Impact Player? 5 common situations where our Senior Tech Leadership approach harnesses the true potential of your team.
Have you noticed how some team members not only perform the tasks assigned to them, but bring real value to the table, raising the performance level of the whole team? Renowned researcher and management consultant Liz Wiseman calls these individuals 'Impact Players'. Delving deeper into the idea of the 'Impact Player', we identified five situations that are also common in IT development and decided to tackle these situations from the perspective of the Kipinä Senior Tech Leadership model.
Want to find your way from data problems to data potential?
Have you noticed that when discussing data, the conversation quickly turns to typical challenges such as data quality, architecture or utilization - rather than the opportunities it offers? We put together a list of common challenges and alternative ideas to help us move our customers towards a culture where data conversations focus on the true competitive advantage of data and its smooth exploitation against the backdrop of AI, rather than on problems.
Software development is a demanding sport: turbo-charge the Senior Tech Leadership model as a catalyst for success
Building a software is difficult. Yet many people think that coding is just coding, or that the hourly rate of two IT consultants automatically means the same quality. But experience has taught us what it takes to take basic chemistry to the top. That's what this article is all about!
Avoid digital bottlenecks: clarity and solutions to common technology challenges with architecture assessments
Technology is evolving faster than ever before, while IT challenges themselves are becoming increasingly complex. Read on and find out how to overcome the most common challenges in the IT environment to pave the way for a more sustainable way for technology development.
Digital Leaders' Business Levi 2024 by Kipinä
Kipinä's Business Levi brought together digital leaders from various industries, fostering insightful discussions around the "round table", on the ski tracks, slopes, and dinners. Bringing experienced digital leaders together is also a way for Kipinä to learn, gather feedback, test its own ideas, and understand the challenges faced across different sectors.
Battleship and collaborative learning
It is common for Kipinä's people to take a day away from their normal working context and projects, to learn from each other and gain a new perspective on teamwork and problem solving. In March, the gang got together for a full day to play a game of shipwreck. However, this Battleship day was somewhat different from what you might imagine from a game night.
Introducing Kipinä's Turku office
Kipinä's Turku experts joined forces a few months ago, and at the office, they spar ideas across project boundaries with skilled colleagues. Clients are also welcome to the Turku office to discuss with our experts—welcome to Tykistökatu 4!
The guitar-playing coder
"I often ponder what creativity is and what it consists of. Creative people who are able to create something new out of nothing earn my respect! Coding also requires creativity; you need to be clever and devise great solutions to problems." Read Petri's thoughts on creativity, industry changes, and making music!
Green code and AI brainstorming
Tomas is one of Kipinä's first experts. What is it like to experience 23 years in the industry, where is the work of experienced professionals heading—propelled by AI, among other things—and how is continuous learning maintained? Read Tomas's insights!
Discussions on clean code
The Code Philosophy Day, initiated by Kipinä experts, took place in January and brought together half of Kipinä to discuss the basics of programming. The aim was to reflect on the hallmarks of good code that everyone could sign up to, and that would also be useful to customers and other industry co-thinkers.
The role of humanity and empathy in digital development
"Work in the consulting business is definitely going to change a great deal. With that in mind, humanity is hard currency." Read how Mikael, a seasoned Kipinä professional, views the evolution of digital development and his own role within it.
Toward a skilled and digital Finland
As a team-oriented company, we can inspire all surrounding businesses to accelerate their digital development even further and take stronger ownership. If companies truly invest in software development, it will, on a broader scale, increase the demand for labor and open up career opportunities for juniors as well.
Colleagues and partners
As a team-oriented company, we can inspire all surrounding businesses to accelerate their digital development even further and take stronger ownership. If companies truly invest in software development, it will, on a broader scale, increase the demand for labor and open up career opportunities for juniors as well.
Communication and coding
Aki has been with Kipinä for a little over a year and has already worked in the industry for nearly 20 years. In the blog, Aki shares his thoughts on data, the cloud, and Kipinä—and above all, on effective communication with both people and artificial intelligence.
Is your digital development partner the best possible choice?
What kind of partner do you and your business work with? Do you currently feel that your partner is the best in an increasingly competitive market? We believe that Kipinä, together with our entire ecosystem of 200 people, can provide unique added value to our customers.
What kind of team would you want for your demanding development projects?
At Kipinä, all decisions are made collectively, and our shared responsibility and commitment are reflected in our client work as well – everyone strives to deliver exceptional quality and value to our clients, standing firmly behind their work. Our primary competitive advantage is precisely the customer experience and the value we generate for our clients at Kipinä.
Leadership and responsibility shared across the entire community
Kari and Olli founded Kipinä two years ago. Kipinä operates on an exceptional model where everyone who joins the company also becomes a partner. Throughout this two-year journey, Kipinä has always prioritized people, even ahead of business. How do Kari and Olli view the present and future of working life?
Results are achieved when no one is left behind
The year 2022 marked Kipinä Software's first full financial year. Our turnover at Kipinä reached €4.1M (compared to €0.4M in 2021). This figure reflects our success. We wanted to build something new by placing our trust in people and considering how, as a community, we could serve our clients even better. At the same time, it demonstrates that our clients are truly satisfied with us.
An absolute stroke of luck as a workplace
"One of the biggest things I appreciate about Kipinä is how I've been welcomed and treated as an equal. There are no unnecessary structural levels here, and there is no separation between juniors and seniors. Here I have learned to see more clearly what I value and what kind of working life I want for myself. Read Senior Cloud Engineer Erka's thoughts on Kipinä.
Creating the best value for the client through collaboration
"At Kipinä, we don't just sell CVs; what matters is whether our expert is a good fit for the client's team. We are genuinely people-oriented and want our partners to share that mindset." Read more of Arto's thoughts on his role and Kipinä's value system regarding collaborative client operations in the blog.
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