Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Résumé
The purpose of this chapter is to present the challenges of an “integrative” approach to the maturation of concepts in the field of connected healthcare. The word “integrative”, meaning an approach considering the multiplicity of an innovation situation without belittling it, therefore the organization of third parties’ conception and imagination efforts does not reduce the multiplicity of their own knowledge, experiences and temporalities. After having recalled the strategic nature of concept maturation activities, the article draws on a case from another sector, the space sector, to draw lines of work in the field on connected healthcare.