Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Appliquées à la Gestion

The aim of this article is to study the role of Strategic Scanning in innovation processes. We seek to answer the following question: how can Strategic Scanning feed an innovative design activity? We mobilized the C-K theory which models the logic of creation in companies and the method of the same name. Based on a case study of 65 participants, we conducted a Strategic Scanning study to feed an innovative C-K design approach. The results show that Strategic Scanning helps to provide knowledge in a C-K process. It helps either to build the knowledge base of novice participants, or to validate the existing knowledge of expert participants. The Strategic Scanning activity also makes it possible to start the first disjunction mechanism C?K from the C0 concept.