A radical circle is a primary group of individuals who connect voluntarily and opt to tightly collaborate outside the formal organizational schemes (i.e., a ‘‘circle’’), with the purpose of developing a radical vision (i.e., a ‘‘radical’’ circle). A radical circle is not role related grouping or a job base grouping nor is it a formal work team. Individuals in a radical circle may or may not have formal working relations.

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The innovation process of a radical circle comes from the bottom up, but it does not match the diffused ideation processes mentioned before. Radical circles are small intimate innovation wells. Their main concern is not to generate ideas but to reframe a vision. More than promoting open creative communities they value intimate criticism, more than playfulness they act on the thin and serious borderline between rebellion and developmental change