TEDx: Innovation Through User Engagement

To discuss innovation through usage, one must start by staying silent. Silent, observant. And reading as well. Then, we can describe what we see: the clever missteps of users, their ways of deconstructing offerings, their tricks, the intelligence of the hand. This might be the role of sociology: to maintain a childlike perspective on technical objects, and that of an old man, with a vast memory, on practices and actions.

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Stéphane Hugon
Stéphane Hugon Ph.D est sociologue, Cofondateur et Président d'Eranos, et enseignant à l'ENSCI. Il a accompagné le groupe Pernod Ricard sur les transformations consommatoires autour de la convivialité, LVMH sur le luxe et le sacré, la Recherche de l'Oréal sur des projets d'innovation, ou encore Groupama sur l'engagement des sociétaires. Il est particulièrement investi dans les missions de recevabilité des offres et de réduction des risques sur des investissements dont la variable de succès est l’interculturel.

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