Monthly Archives: April 2008
Dynamism in Innovation
30/04/2008 | Editor
Jack Hipple
What’s dynamism? It’s the changing of a product, system, or service in response to “something” or a pro-active management of a product, service, or organization in response to both anticipated or unanticipated conditions. In my opinion, it is one … Read More
Open Innovation
29/04/2008 | Editor
Michael S. Slocum
When looking for a solution to a problem it is important to identify the acceptable solution space. If an incremental improvement is desired then it is quite likely that the integration of current knowledge in the area … Read More
Why Go to Conferences?
18/04/2008 | Editor
Ellen Domb
TRIZCON 2008 concluded on Wednesday, April 16 with Jack Hipple’s seminar on How to Use TRIZ with All the Other Innovation Tools and Assessments You Are Using and my presentation of “Contemporary Su-Field Analysis” which was developed by Iouri … Read More
Tuesday at TRIZCON2008
15/04/2008 | Editor
Ellen Domb
Mansour Ashtiani won the election for President of the Altshuller Institute, and Don Masingale will become Secretary. Tim Schweizer and Richard Langevin continue as VP and Treasurer, respectively.
The conference began with a fascinating talk by Dr. Cemil Inan, … Read More
Monday at TRIZCON2008
14/04/2008 | Editor
Ellen Domb
Amir Roggel from Intel started the conference with a masterful keynote address—he applied his TRIZ sensibility to create a talk that was both educational and entertaining, and a true “key†note, setting themes for the conference of modernizing TRIZ … Read More
Trizcon2008 – Sunday Report
13/04/2008 | Editor
Ellen Domb
The experimental workshop on the US$10million Automotive X-Prize at the Altshuller Institute TRIZCON2008 started Sunday morning with delegates from Germany, Israel, Ireland, UK, Korea, Taiwan, and multiple parts of the US; from the electronics, automotive, aerospace, control systems … Read More
Eight New Trends – Or Examples of Well-known Trends of Evolution
09/04/2008 | Editor
Ellen Domb
Consultants write articles for a lot of reasons. Two leading reasons are (1) A genuine desire to share their research with the world (2) To show how smart they are, to get people interested in hiring them.
Since I … Read More
Changing Your Focus
08/04/2008 | Editor
Katie Barry
I don’t get a lot of forwarded emails from friends and family; I’ve trained them to only send me the “best of the best.” Today, one video appeared in my inbox that not only intrigued me, but seemed worthy … Read More
Improving Technology Forecasts: Four Cases of Selection
07/04/2008 | Editor
Technology forecasts are being made today made more than ever before. To choose a good prediction, it is useful to compare opposing forecasts. The comparison compels the forecaster to make clear why, exactly, one prediction is better than another.Read More
Instruments for Designing Consummate Systems
07/04/2008 | Editor
Only a limited number of technological systems have possessed the outstanding qualities that allowed them to enjoy enormous success over an unusually long life. The best name for them may be "consummate" systems.Read More
The Revival of the Gallic Harvester
07/04/2008 | Editor
During a period of crisis in food production in Australia in the 1800s. the government challenged individuals to find a solution to the haresting problems. The inventive Australian millers and farmers produced the Gallic stripper harvester.Read More
An Overview of the General Theory of Innovation
07/04/2008 | Editor
The company that creates a greater value for its respective market will prosper. Repeating this difference, success will be associated with that initially leading organization. It seems so simple, but is it?Read More
Welcome to the April 2008 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!
07/04/2008 | Editor
This month’s issue includes an inclusive theory of innovation, designing "consummate" systems, a demonstration of the success of TRIZ in a corporation, examining the history and evolution of the Gallic harvester and forecasting the future.Read More
Dow Pairs Six Sigma with Innovation
07/04/2008 | Editor
When innovation is the lifeblood of a company, it cannot rely solely on the fickleness of inspiration. "Dow not only has to run better than competitors, but also has to respond to changes in the marketplace by having new products to fill the demand space."Read More
iSixSigma Live! Seattle Networking Party
03/04/2008 | Editor
Katie Barry
If you live near Seattle and would like to hobnob with the area’s finest business process improvement practitioners in a casual after-work setting, attend the iSixSigma Live! Social and Networking Party at the Rock Bottom Brewery in Bellevue. (iSixSigma.com is a … Read More
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
01/04/2008 | Editor
Lynda Curtin
I have come across the compelling work of creativity expert, Sir Ken Robinson, which I want to share with you via his very funny and dramatic presentation – Do Schools Kill Creativity? He delivered this presentation at a TED … Read More