Concept generation process: Customer involvement for radical innovation
Résumé
This paper focuses on concept generation leading to radical innovation and provides insight on the organizational setting in which it takes place and the customers involvement. Based on an in depth analysis of a supplier in the automotive industry pursuing a growth strategy by developing radical innovation, we show that interactions with customers took place continuously along this process and are mediated through a concepts map that maps out the various concepts generated and shows the design thinking followed.