‘Does it spark joy?’ Tampere rethinks smart city KPIs

As Tampere's first smart city strategy draws to a close, Teppo Rantanen, the city's Executive Director of Innovation, reflects on lessons learned and the next phase.

During an interview at the recent Cities Today Institute Leadership Forum in London, attended by digital and innovation leaders from local governments across Europe, Rantanen said one key conclusion from the last five years is that the ecosystem approach – bringing together companies, academia, the public sector and citizens – is a good way to implement and scale pilots,

The next focus for Tampere is on a ‘data-driven city for citizens’ programme.

“We are looking more from the citizen angle,” he told Cities Today. “The ...