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Dana W. Clarke, Paul Nobles and Peter Ulan
Why Do We Need Innovation?
It’s all about the money;
unresolved problems = financial losses and lost opportunities
By Dana W. Clarke, Paul Nobels and Peter Ulan
“Innovation is the most vital factor in shaping a corporation’s success throughout the coming years. For several decades, corporations have optimized products, processes and services for efficiency and quality; without losing control of quality, it is now time to innovate. Today’s corporate challenge is to unshackle its innovation capacity to control growth and profitability while achieving leadership in its targeted markets. Global-economic forces and financial constraints have made innovation-driven growth more essential than at any other time in history. Corporations face an unprecedented need to stay ahead of continuously accelerating global changes, unyielding pressure for rapid results, and fierce competition from corporations that are aggressively pursuing their own innovation-driven futures.”
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April 2012
Dr. Toru Nakagawa
Creative Problem-Solving Methodologies TRIZ/USIT: Overview of My 14 Years in Research, Education, and Promotion
The capability of solving problems creatively is most desirable and indispensable not only for individual persons, regardless a student or a working adult, but also for companies, organizations, communities, and even countries. Since I joined Osaka Gakuin University in 1998, I have been working principally on the theme of 'methodologies for creative problem solving' in research, education, and promotion of social penetration. On retiring the University in March this year, it is my great pleasure to have a chance of publishing here an overview of my work for these 14 years.
The core of my working activities has been the research on TRIZ ('Theory of Inventive Problem Solving') and USIT ('Unified Structured Inventive Thinking'). I have attended and presented at international conferences on TRIZ every year, and extended USIT (i.e. a unified and simplified TRIZ) further to find a new paradigm called 'Six-box Scheme' for creative problem solving. In the field of education, besides several other classes on ordinary information science, I have been teaching on this theme in a lecture class and also in 3rd and 4th year seminars, where my students and I have made several successful case studies of solving familiar problems.
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Studies have estimated that only one out of 3000 raw ideas (unwritten) or 300 submitted ideas makes it to eventual success. At each stage gate, decision makers select the ideas to be taken forward and identify the ones to be kept on hold or discarded. By applying TRIZ, we can take inspiration from living systems – cells, organisms, ecosystems, organizations, societies etc. to manage our complex systems better.
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April 2011
Cathie M. Currie
Cathie M. Currie, Ph.D. is a cognitive social psychologist who specializes in medical and science education. She heavily engaged with problem solving and innovation thinking skills, authentic assessment, and minority access to higher education. She is also an Advisor to Altshuller Institute.
In an attempt to understand how to better teach TRIZ, Dr. Currie has written and article to explain, in simple terms, the various methods of how people learn. Dr. Currie contends that tinkering, a cherished hobby of yesteryear, has reemerged as a novel catalyst for student engagement and higher-level thinking in thousands of school classrooms and after-school programs across our country. We can intuitively perceive that tinkering stimulates active participation in learning. However, educators need to know how cognitive and educative gains are produced in tinkering experiences to allow us to maximally develop the educative experience.
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February 2011
Jose M. Vincente-Gomila
Predicting new business models with TRIZ
This article from Jose Vincent-Gomila,a well-known TRIZ provider form Spain. His approach to use TRIZ in business applications will help you understand complexity and diversity of the TRIZ methodology. The view of systems is not exclusive to TRIZ, however the integration of system vision, functions described as S-field interactions and Ideality Law of Evolution are about TRIZ. These bundled together can help organizations to value its business model and go one step beyond by defining new business models. For more information click below.
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December 2010
Dr. Noel Leon
This article is from a diehard TRIZ practitioner and educator, Dr. Noel Leon, from the Center for Innovation in Products and Technology, Tec de Monterrey. This paper was delivered at TRIZCON2008.
The purpose of this paper is to describe the development process of a new solar collector concept that allows achieving the performance of vacuum tube solar collectors but at the price of flat plate solar collectors. It is shown how the TRIZ methodology helped to solve technical and physical contradictions during the development process.
It is considered that the success of the project was mainly because of the use of TRIZ. This allowed breaking paradigms that made solar collectors expensive or not very efficient.
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November 2010
Charoenchit Panpetch
THEORY OF DEVELOPING CONCEPTUAL BASES: THE PARTICULAR APPROACH TO EVOLUTION
In this paper, Mr. Panpetch provides a detailed scholarly view of evolution. The Theory of DCB defines how evolution works in terms of the single process and how it becomes different. This Theory can provide the explanation to all kinds of evolution. He then presents the systematic tools for each activity of evolutionary studies.
Abstract
Among the great diversity and similarity of the universe, philosophers, scientists, theologians seek to relate one phenomenon to another and to recognize the causes and effects of phenomena. In this way, they have developed explanations for the changing of the seasons, the movements of the sun and stars, the structure of matter, the history of life on Earth, and many other occurrences.
Alternative models, processes, formulas, and theories in many areas are developing to help our understanding of how the universe works. The theory of evolution is one of the most important ideas ever generated by the application of scientific methods to the natural world.
Evolutionary theories incorporate a large body of scientific facts, laws, tested hypothesis, and logical inferences but it is much harder to support scientifically all things in one process, one model, one formula, or one framework. This is because of the great diversity and similarity among the universe, the development of an explanation for the change of everything is so difficult. Today, we see evolution plays in many theories having explanation can not be applied to different kinds of evolution.
For instance, biological evolution provides an explanatory framework for the processes of natural change, but that it can not be applied uncritically to cultural phenomena, the evolutionary formulas for making a universe and making life can enable everything- with the exceptions of man-made things, such as computer or buildings, and of complicated things, such as wooden boxes with nails in them, require thought, intelligence, and careful workmanship.
This research underscores the importance of studying a theory that can explain how evolution works in terms of one process, one model, or one framework and that can be applied to all kinds of evolution. The DCB theory of evolution is now required.
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September 2010
Determining Qualitative Parameters Using TRIZ for Estimating IP Value of Intangibles
One of the primary issues faced by the knowledge economy is the valuation of intellectual assets. Intellectual assets are generally categorized into, Intellectual property (Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights etc.), explicit knowledge (specific business related processes, methodologies and procedures etc.), and human resources. Value may be defined as the worth or the economic benefit that accrues for the intellectual assets to the owner over a time period. Valuation of any of these intangible asset is essential for financial reporting, M&A, commercialization, securitization, sale, calculating damages on IP infringement etc. However, valuation of each of these intellectual assets and most typically, valuation of technology assets/patents poses a problem unique to it and can be complex in nature depending on the situation. Further, the absence of organized trading in intangibles has been a major hindrance to their recognition as actual intangible assets in financial reports. Currently, there are a number of methods commercially available for valuation of patents or technology. However, these methods do not take into account the intrinsic value or technological merit of any technology asset or patents and therefore, companies usually prefer to adopt conventional techniques financial methods of valuation, which we believe is incomplete and does not reflect the real value of technological intangible assets. Hence, it is essential for companies to consolidate the IP value of an intangible asset along with the financial value to derive the actual value of the asset. In this paper, the authors use the TRIZ methodology to derive the factors and parameters that influence the IP value of a technological asset and more particularly, a patent and then use this factor along with the financial value to determine the actual projected value of an intangible asset.
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June 2010
John W. Stamey, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Richard Peterson, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
TRIZ in Technology Education: Perceptions of Future Teachers
The support TRIZ provides for creativity during the invention process makes it ideally suited for the field of Technology Education. Technology education provides instruction in the content areas of manufacturing, communication, transportation and construction. As creativity has long been an important part of the technology education curriculum in middle schools and high schools, a study of the perceptions of TRIZ by future technology education teachers was seen to be a first step toward the introduction of TRIZ into the curriculum. A group of masters-level and doctoral-level students in Technology Education students at North Carolina State University received a TRIZ workshop which included training on the methodology as well as time to use the techniques to solve problems particular to technology education. This article reports the perceptions of future technology education teachers about TRIZ and its potential use in the classroom.
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New Tools for Design
Cal Halliburton and Victoria Roza
“True inventions require the determination to solve multiple problems in order to overcome contradictions and yield creative solutions.”
In this classic article, Cal Halliburton has condensed and simplified the core of TRIZ application for everyone to easily digest and apply. Cal is a teacher by trade and he spent years studying TRIZ from various TRIZ Masters. His style is simple and effective. I am sure that you will enjoy this article and learn a great deal in the effort.
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April 2010
Len Kaplan
Attempt of Scientific Forecast
--In this 3rd article, Len Kaplan has selected numerous "local crises" that affect individual industries and areas of human activity. He attempts to describe the situation and provides answers using TRIZ to some of these situations. Read each situation and see what kind of solution concepts you could develop to resolve the problem.
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March 2010
Len Kaplan
Contemporary Crisis
A friend of mine from Russia wrote me recently, “Len, I’m interested in other questions, and these questions should be interesting to you as US citizen, namely: influence of postindustrial world on countries, how the informational technologies affect evolution of human civilization, role of economy, including transformations of economy nowadays and in future, role of financial institutions in life of contemporary civilizations.”
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February 2010
Young Ju Kang
The Automotive industry is one of the most competitive areas and there are several technical issues like global warming and depletion of crude oil. Also the period for developing new car becomes shorter and shorter. This situation makes car industry desires more efficient innovation and it is why Hyundai-Motors introduced TRIZ into their R&D parts.
TRIZ covers several areas of R&D projects. Usually it is used for patent circumvention, system and process improvement, cost reduction, and new development of products. There are several steps for solving problem. All the categories of TRIZ need analytical stage.
The most popular tool for analysis is function analysis (FA). If the system is stable and existing, FA is very powerful method for understanding system. But if the project is for New Development of the System or technical forecasting, it is not suitable to use FA directly. In this paper, new modeling method will be discussed for new product development.
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January 2010
Howard Smith
There isn’t a business that doesn’t want to be more creative in its thinking. According to one study, 75% of CEOs of the fastest growing companies claim their strongest competitive advantage is unique products and services and the distinct business processes that power them to market—innovation by another name. In another survey, Boston Consulting Group reported that 90% of organizations believe innovation is a strategic priority for 2004 and beyond. The trend was also confirmed by research undertaken by consulting firm Strategos. Their conclusion: the importance of innovation in all sectors is growing, and growing significantly.
In today’s ever-changing economic landscape, inventiveness has become a key factor influencing strategic planning. IT guru Kevin Kelly once said, “Wealth flows directly from innovation … not optimization … wealth is not gained by perfecting the known.” Efficiency, while a necessary condition for business success, is insufficient to sustain growth over decades. While new levels of efficiency and productivity require inventive solutions, the goal of efficiency is not the same as the goal of innovation.
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December 2009
José M. Vincente Gomila
The view of systems in not exclusive to TRIZ, however the integration of a systemic vision, funtions described as s-fields interactions and the ideality law of eolution are about TRIZ, and these bundled together can help organizations to value better its business model and so try to go one step beyond by easily defining new business models and assessing better the new technologies that may enable them.
The author tries to show this approach by analysing several cases, two known cases plus a still existing case whis is yet to evolve.
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October 2009
Valeri V. Souchkov
Today we need to continuously innovate if we want to maintain leadership – either we want to lead business or people. It means that we need to develop and possess relevant thinking skills to be able to constantly come up with new winning ideas. But what are the differences between “regular” and “power” thinking skills?
In the article, Valeri would like to summarize 14 differences based on many years of observations. Certainly, there are more differences. However his goal was to identify the most universal, important and influential ones which form entire categories of differences.
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