TY - BOOK AU - de Saint Julien,Odile AU - Grenier,Corinne AU - Paixão-Barradas,Susana TI - Getting accustomed to the process of absorbing newness: The role of a participatory workshop dedicated to small business entrepreneurs PY - 2022///. N1 - 76 N2 - The participatory workshop plays a key role in the development of entrepreneurs and their companies. The new alternative methods it proposes generate collective ideas and thus innovative solutions. We show how, during two workshops, thirty-six entrepreneurs became familiar with a six-step co-design process and managed to absorb the newness to explore new ideas brought by other entrepreneurs. We have identified the specific characteristics of three activities supporting a Dynamic Individual Absorptive Capacity, as well as a fourth one related to the facilitation of a workshop as a space favoring this familiarization UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-management-et-avenir-2022-6-page-155?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -