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    The document discusses how opening up a business to passionate customers and involving them in the innovation process can lead to better outcomes than relying solely on internal resources. It recommends letting customers become an integral part of product development to create products that are more appealing. Engaging customers in more ways will help redesign and enhance business models. The result will be loyal customers who are enthusiastic about what the company provides and can help transform an industry. It advocates bringing customers into the product development loop to remain competitive in the future.

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    OUTSIDE

    INNOVATION
    How Your Customers Will
    Co-Design Your Company’s Future
    PATRICIA SEYBOLD
    Outside Innovation - Page 1

    MAIN IDEA
    The best way to innovate today is to open up your business to your most passionate customers and let them become an integral part
    of your overall innovation process.

    Customers An integral part of your product development team

    This “outside in” approach to innovation is even better than attempting to assemble the smartest product development people you
    can find. Astute and savvy customers, when provided with robust tools, will create products which are more appealing than you can
    ever develop using your own internal resources alone. The more ways you can develop to engage your customers, the more they will
    help redesign, upgrade and enhance your business models and practices. The end result of bringing customers into your product
    development loop is you end up with loyal customers who are fanatical about what you provide.
    Provide more opportunities to engage your customers and you’ll generate tremendous energy which can then be used to spawn new
    products and services, to open new markets, to develop new and more powerful business models. You might even end up eventually
    transforming your industry. The innovation game is changing profoundly and if you plan on being in business in the future, you have to
    bring customers into your own product development loop.
    “What is outside innovation? It’s when customers lead the design of your business processes, products, services, and business
    models. It’s when customers roll up their sleeves to co-design their products and your business. It’s when customers attract other
    customers to build a vital customer-centric ecosystem around your products and services. The good news is that customer-led
    innovation is one of the most predictably successful innovation processes. The bad news is that many managers and executives
    don’t yet believe in it. Today, that’s their loss. Ultimately, it may be their downfall.”
    – Patricia Seybold

    1. The five types of customers who can help your firm innovate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 2 - 3
    There are five distinct groups of people you should be attempting to recruit when you set out to harness
    customer-led innovation:

    Five types of 1 Lead Customers People who invent new solutions by themselves
    customers 2 Contributors Those who are happy to donate their work to help
    who can help
    3 Consultants People with deep expertise who offer insights
    your firm
    innovate 4 Guides Advisors who help others to solve their problems
    5 Promoters Enthusiasts about your brand and your products

    The secret of outside innovation is to find ways for your organization to engage as many of these five
    groups of people as possible and feasible. Your goal should be to redesign your entire business from the
    outside in with the help of your most visionary customers.
    2. The five steps of customer-led innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 4 - 8
    Once you realize how inventive your customers naturally are, you then need to find ways to harness that
    resource to power your corporate growth. There are five steps involved in taking advantage of
    customer-led innovation:

    The five 1 Identify and watch your leading customers


    steps of Observe what customers are doing and how they’re using your products
    customer-led to get things done. This will be a renewable source of great new ideas.
    innovation
    2 Provide your customers with tools to use
    Become an integral part of your customer’s own creative processes.
    Provide them with the tools they need to be innovative and creative.
    3 Build and nurture customer communities
    Hang out with your customers. Listen to what they’re saying and
    suggesting. They will keep you pointing in the right direction.

    4 Empower customers to show their stuff


    Create forums where smart contributors can earn the accolades of their
    peers. People love to show how creative they can be.
    5 Let customers engage in peer production
    Don’t insist on doing everything yourself. Instead, let your customers
    create what you sell in the future. This is a great business dynamic.

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