The conventional wisdom that โconsumers canโt innovateโ is being turned on its head. Having traditionally engaged consumers primarily to validate new product concepts some companies are now soliciting consumer insights and ideas to jump-start the โfuzzy front endโ of the innovation process. From ethnography and idea competitions to co-development and blog mining, companies are experimenting with new techniques โ or approaching their current methods in fresh ways.
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