Innovation Is Good?

Ellen Domb

“How to persuade your boss that innovation is a good thing?”

I was recently invited to speak at a conference on this topic—way outside my usual comfort zone of “What is TRIZ” or “How to merge TRIZ into your … Read More

Not-so-live From iSixSigma Live! Summit & Awards

Katie Barry

Last week I was in Miami for iSixSigma Live! Summit & Awards. (iSixSigma is a sister publication to Real Innovation.) Innovation made its way into the agenda in a few places. (Readers of Real Innovation and The TRIZ Journal … Read More

The Timing is Ripe for An Innovation Communication Audit

Lynda Curtin

Yesterday, I received a marketing piece inviting me to a seminar on “How-to Survive” in a Market Downturn. I deleted it immediately. My intention is to THRIVE, not just to s u r v I v e. I hope … Read More

Once More on Innovation Versus Transformation

James Todhunter

If Bruce Nussbaum’s recent posts on the death of innovation have done nothing else, they have generated a lot of reactions in the blogosphere.  Although that inner voice is shouting “Enough already!”, I can’t resist making one more comment … Read More

TRIZ Used to Improve the Mars Bite-size Candy Pouch

The Mars company used TRIZ methodologies to develop new packaging for its bite-size candy products. The new packaging is easier to open, can stand upright and open on a table and is more aesthetically pleasing. The new packaging increased sales.Read More

Updating TRIZ: 2006-2008 Patent Research Findings

This paper presents an update on research, examines patents granted from 2006 to 2008 and summarizes key findings in patent analysis, customization and planned future work.Read More

TRIZ: Incorporating the Bright Process in Design

The authors developed a process named BRIGHT to increase the usability of TRIZ by adding creative thinking and iteration to the TRIZ environment.Read More

The 4400

Jack Hipple

In the past two weeks or so, there has been a torrent of layoffs, plant closings, and restructurings unknown in recent times. Two major layoffs that caught my eye with my chemical industry background, were those of Dow Chemical … Read More

Holiday TRIZ -Holidaying in Crisis..

Prakasan Kappoth

Ellen Domb posted a commentary about the Holiday TRIZ when the “sub-prime” axes slowly began to uproot the decades old financial institutions like Lehman Brothers. She suggested TRIZ thinking even while you are holidaying to identify innovation opportunities around … Read More

Strengthening the 40 Principles

The authors studied various TRIZ sources at compared the 40 inventive principles and suggest that the principles would be easier to use if practioners divide the principles into two parts: resources and recommendations.Read More

Teaching TRIZ Does Not Equal Learning TRIZ

Methods for adult education have been well-researched in the last 50 years and they can be used to create a robust TRIZ teaching system that is useful in many cultures.Read More

Welcome to the December 2008 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!

"We have developed into a worldwide TRIZ community that has characteristics of many families – we don’t always agree on everything, but we help each other."Read More

Using TRIZ to Improve Pem-nut Production

The numerous manufacturing processes required to produce pem-nuts using a traditional machining process have made them too expensive. Inventors used TRIZ tools to improve production and reduce the cost of pem-nuts.Read More

Student Corner: Inventive Potential of Ice

Ice naturally has the ability to exist in two main technological conditions – solid state (ice) and liquid state (water). It transfers from one state to the other at particular temperatures. Ice is perfect substance for exploring the use of TRIZ.Read More

Systematic Clustering of Business Problems

Using the 40 inventive principles of TRIZ to solve problems in business is systematically and scientifically reproducible.Read More

TRIZ Community: Thanks!

Ellen Domb

The last Thursday in November is the Thanksgiving holiday in the US.   Originally a harvest festival with religious roots, thanking God for enough food to get through the winter, it has evolved into a family-oriented celebration of all the … Read More

Vibrating Mascara

Jack Hipple

In a recent Sunday papers around the world, a large full page, color (not cheap!) advertisement was shown displaying a new mascara brush from Lancome: http://www.lancome-usa.com/makeup/mascara/oscillation.aspx

When you watch the video at this site, you will hear things like: … Read More

Systematic (Software) Innovation..

Prakasan Kappoth

“…over the history of software development there have not been that many innovations..” I must have heard this statement elsewhere in some forum, but now this is the base for a new TRIZ for software innovation book recently launched. … Read More

Solve the Economic Crisis

Katie Barry

The Mexican TRIZ Association (AMETRIZ) is hosting a blog for ideas to solve the global economic crisis: http://blog.ametriz.com/.

Put that TRIZ (and other innovation methods and tools) experience to good use and submit your ideas. (And share them here, too!) … Read More

Welcome to the November 2008 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!

This month’s unofficial theme is time – the past, present and future are all represented. A timeline of the development of TRIZ, TRIZ training in Japan and a look at the evolutionary potential of search engines are three topics to keep readers busy.Read More