Subject Matter Experts Interviews help as a very efficient tool in a focus topic or innovation field to quickly get up to speed with knowledge. Especially if you are in the field of cross-industry innovations and it is about the knowledge of topics in another industry.
Speaking with selected experts helps to quickly sift through and reflect on the key technologies and state-of-the-art offerings, products and developments of a focus topic.
Using your own well-prepared interview structures and frameworks usually significantly increases the output you can achieve in Subject Matter Experts interviews. These can be structures around timelines (What does the topic look like in the past, present, and future?), countries, or other clusters.