How to Develop Breakthrough Products and Services

 How to Develop Breakthrough Products and Services: firms must develop major innovations to prosper, but they don't know how to. However, recent research into the innovation process has made it possible to develop breakthroughs systematically.  How to Develop Breakthrough Products and Services explores several practical idea generation development methods. To convey the art required to implement each of these methodologies, experts are invited to present real cases to the class.
Eric Hippel. 15.356 How to Develop Breakthrough Products and Services. Spring 2012. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
Lecture Videos:
     Lecture 1: The Paradigm Shift from Producer to User Innovation
     Lecture 2: Basing New Commercial Products on "Lead User" Innovations
     Lecture 3: Users Working Together in Communities Are Powerful Innovators
     Lecture 4: Toolkits to Support Product Development by Customers