Creativity and innovation are important drivers of economic welfare and growth in contemporary societies. Collaborating with and learning from users in the early phase of the innovation process has been considered a successful approach to stimulate those creative sparks for organizations. However, the idea of users as innovators has also invoked critical responses especially in the context of innovations that are discontinuous to dominant designs. Martin Hewing and co-author Katharina Holzle explore the potential that can arise through collaboration with potential users who are not yet users....
Creativity and innovation are important drivers of economic welfare and growth in contemporary societies. Collaborating with and learning from users i...