Updated: 20 April 2021
Toru Nakagawa (OGU, WTSP Project Leader)
"TRIZ Home Page in Japan":
http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/
Dear TRIZ Colleagues and WTSP Members, 20 April, 2021,
Toru Nakagawa (OGU, WTSP Project Leader)
Hello, How are you, your family, and people in your country?
I have updated "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" yesterday
(dated Apr. 18, 2021):
http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/
[1] Publication: Japanese Edition of Darrell Mann's ICMM Book (Darrell Mann / Toru Nakagawa)
[2] Paper: 'TRIZ Challenges and Approaches' (Simon Litvin)
https://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/eWTSP/eWTSP-B4-News2020/eWTSP-News2020-SomeMoreSteps-201122.html
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[1] Publication Announcement: Japanese Edition of Mann's ICMM Book "Organization's Capability for Success in Innovations:
Introduction to ICMM" by Darrell Mann, Japanese translation by Toru Nakagawa
The Japanese Edition has just been published from CrePS Institute.
I have chosen the title as shown above, and borrowed the nice cover design by Darrell; see the figures attached.
In the English page I post:
Original Foreword （Darrell Mann, 2012)
New Foreword (Darrell Mann, Apr. 2021): CMM – A Decade Down The Road
Table of Contents (with detailed section headings)
New Afterword (Darrell Mann, Apr. 2021): ICMM – Into The Future In the Foreword and Afterword to the Japanese Edition, the Author
describes about latest development of the ICMM Model:
"The five Levels of ICMM remain the same in their definition of characteristics of Innovation Capability of organizations.
In the book (2012) the Level of one's own organization is evaluated by answering to 25 questions (with 5 response choices).
Now an objective evaluation of the Level of any organization is possible with a new software tool which semantically analyzes
various open information of the organization, such as patents, reports, interviews, etc.
Knowhow of improving the ICMM Levels step by step has been accumulated for these many years, and will be published one by one.
As a matter of fact, "Hero's Start-Up Journey" book has been published in June 2020, which is dedicated for new start-ups
(i.e., at Level 0) with a hope of some innovative project to establish itself as an active organization at Level 1."
Thus the ICMM Book originally published in 2012 demonstrates its significance and applicability even more clearly in the
current era of crisis, when the needs of innovation (and hence the needs of innovation capability for organizations) are much
demanded.
We are grateful to Professor Darrell Mann for his excellent work and for his kind permission for us to keep open the Japanese
texts in my Website even after publishing the book of Japanese Edition.
[2] Paper: "TRIZ Challenges and Approaches to Address Them" Simon Litvin (GEN TRIZ, LLC, USA)
This paper was presented by Simon Litvin at the MATRIZ MeetUp "Promoting TRIZ in the World" (held online on Mar. 23-24, 2021
with about 15 presentations).
Dr. Litvin contributed his presentation slides to "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" kindly on my request.
Full slides are posted in PDF and in HTML.
This presentation is very important in multiple aspects.
(a) The two slides on the 'Background: General Global Trends and Challenges' and another on 'Major Challenges in
Promoting and Selling TRIZ in the World' show many important points we should consider, realize, discuss, and act.
==> These 3 slides are posted in Japanese translation as well.
(b) GEN TRIZ, LLC, led by Simon Litvin and having a history for nearly two-and-half decades (in different names), has a huge
network of experts 'Global Knowledge Network (GKN)' and 'Smart Labs' in operation;
thus it seems to have a rare capability of achieving 'Open Innovations' successfully.
Examples of their activities and results are shown in the forms of Clients List, Products of Projects, Successful Startups,
Patents, and Case Studies.
He puts stress on 'Incremental Innovations' in many companies rather than highly risky 'Disruptive Innovations'.
(c) His methods are demonstrated in a Case Study of making a semi-automatic Coffee Harvester to be used in mountainous
regions in Columbia.
A List of services/courses on Innovation Trainings & Facilitations and Innovation Projects is illustrative
to see his service activities.
He says, TRIZ itself is not a product but TRIZ-based products and services are.
This point is certainly important for promoting TRIZ in the world.
(d) Simon Litvin is one of the Global Co-editors of the WTSP Project.
He and I recently had email discussions on how to make our World WTSP Catalogs more attractive and useful.
He has just submitted a site description of his GEN-TRIZ site in our Standard Form and also agreed to post this presentation
as a closer site introduction of his site, accessible from the Word WTSP Catalogs.
GEN-TRIZ site is Site Code TN2F-07; the Site Description (in the Standard Form) is attached at the bottom of the page.
We wish to have your cooperation to make WTSP Catalogs in every country and to introduce your (and many other) excellent Websites
for promoting TRIZ and relevant methods in the world.
Let's work Together ! Connected !!
Sincerely,
Toru
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