Summary
With a clear definition of what customer need is, companies are able to get the inputs that are required to succeed at innovation.

Surveys that ask for reactions to potential solutions do not define customer need. Rather, companies should tap customer expertise by having customers define the job that a product or service must perform.
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Giving Customers a Fair Hearing
by Anthony W. Ulwick and Lance A. Bettencourt
Spring 2008
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