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Water and Innovation
26/05/2010 | Editor
Jack Hipple
Do any of you use water in your processes? Why? How much? Most likely it’s to cool something or to dilute something. Clean water is becoming more precious all the time as a Florida resident such as myself can … Read More
Getting to Know You….
28/04/2010 | Editor
Jack Hipple
Anyone old enough to remember that song? “Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You…” Well, I am still in a state of amazement and it took 4 days of contemplation to write a column after seeing … Read More
The Recipe for Creativity
21/04/2010 | Editor
Jack Hipple
Those of you who are not chemists or chemical engineers probably don’t read Chemical and Engineering News which, once a year, reprints the acceptance speech from the recipient of the American Chemical Society’s most prestigious award, the Priestley Medal. … Read More
50 Most Innovative Companies?
10/04/2010 | Editor
Ellen Domb
Technology Review magazine’s listing of the world’s most innovative companies has just arrived (see www.technologyreview.com/tr50). For the first time I am not going to rant about lists of “most innovative” that don’t have the criteria for selection or the … Read More
Innovation for Creating Jobs
05/04/2010 | Editor
Praveen Gupta
There will always be a need for creating jobs. Governments around the world are looking into ways for creating jobs. President Barack Obama held a Jobs Forum like meeting at White House in December, 2009. I read that $5000 … Read More
TRIZ and Fuel Saving Winglets
05/04/2010 | Editor
When it comes to airline businesses the world watches closely as airlines pass through rough waters. Operators have no control over the major costs incurred in running the business. Using TRIZ there are several ways fuel efficiency can be improved.Read More
Welcome to the April 2010 Issue of The TRIZ Journal
05/04/2010 | Editor
April’s issue is small, but it deals with a big topic – airplane wings! Prashant Y. Joglekar examines "TRIZ and Fuel Saving Winglets."Read More
Business Innovation Maturity Model (BIMM)
22/03/2010 | Editor
Praveen Gupta
After years of talking about innovation there is insufficient progress in deploying innovation in organizations around the world. There are tools and methods to gain new skills but a framework needed for deploying innovation in an organization is still … Read More
Report: Queens School of Business 1st Annual Innovation Summit
21/03/2010 | Editor
Ellen Domb
I’m at the Queens School of Business First Annual Innovation Summit in Kingston, ON Canada (Friday-Saturday, March 19-20). Over 160 students, faculty and alumni are talking, listening, and being creative about the process of innovation, with a few visiting … Read More
Look Up and Down for Innovation!
16/03/2010 | Editor
Jack Hipple
There is a fundamental law of product and business innovation that says that systems integrate into their super-systems over time. What does this mean? Let’s take an example. You are in the business of making paint roller pans. You … Read More
TRIZ: Physical Contradictions with Skis
01/03/2010 | Editor
The following offers physical contradictions with TRIZ using the example of skis. Tools used include separating in time, space and structure, using phase transition and moving from current levels to sub or super levels.Read More
Welcome to the March 2010 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!
01/03/2010 | Editor
March 2010 gets a fresh start with an update on the physical contradictions of skis as a poorly functioning system. And a report on the first Israeli TRIZ Conference.Read More
First Israeli TRIZ Conference Report
01/03/2010 | Editor
The first Israeli TRIZ conference took place at the Holon Institute of Technology on November 23, 2009. TRIZ was introduced in Israel to the academic and industrial community through high level tutorial presentations.Read More
Creativity and Risk-taking Competencies for Innovation
18/02/2010 | Editor
Ellen Domb
Can you teach other people to be innovators? Or can you teach yourself to be more innovative? TRIZ practioners learn to generate innovative ideas, but they don’t always get their ideas adopted in their organizations.
Sarah Miller Caldicott is … Read More
Light Weight Cycle Vs Heavy Weight Cycles
18/02/2010 | Editor
Prakasan Kappoth
I decided to be fit this year and reduce my personal carbon footprint by introducing a bicycle in my daily life. I spent more money (considering this will be a worthy, onetime investment) than I would spend in a … Read More
Attitude vs. Tools
15/02/2010 | Editor
Jack Hipple
As an engineer and someone involved with TRIZ and innovation audits of organizations, I frequently find myself in discussions and conflicts with more right brained creativity individuals. I will define right brained as those who basically believe that in … Read More
Innovation at iSixSigma Live! in Miami
01/02/2010 | Editor
Ellen DombiSixSigma (a corporate “big sister” publication of Real Innovation) hosts the iSixSigma Live! symposium in Miami, FL USA this week, with participation from a wide variety of Six Sigma/Lean practioners and learners. Innovation is definitely the theme of the … Read More
Welcome to the February 2010 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!
01/02/2010 | Editor
February 2010 is chock full of news featuring the 40 Inventive Principles of TRIZ. Explore how they apply to electrical power and how the inventive principles of TRIZ work with human factors and ergonomics.Read More
Information: A Key Resource
25/01/2010 | Editor
Jack Hipple
Many of you may have seen Google’s earnings report announced on Friday, January 22. In the 4th quarter of 2009, their sales (just one quarter!) were $6.7 BILLION and profits of $2 BILLION. This was 5 times the profit … Read More
Day 3 Report: First International Conference on Systematic Innovation
25/01/2010 | Editor
Ellen Domb
The conference banquet on Monday night was held in the university’s reception hall. We sat at large round tables and shared many dishes, which enhanced the opportunities for conference delegates to get to know each other. The banquet was … Read More