Day 2 Report: First International Conference on Systematic Innovation

Ellen Domb

The tutorial speaker for day 2 at the Systematic Innovation Conference  is Professor Jay Lee, whose primary work is at the U. of Cincinnati in the US and Shanghai Jia Tong University in China.   His talk on “Dominant Design … Read More

Report from First International Conference on Systematic Innovation

Ellen Domb

This conference has been planned for over a year, and features many innovations in conference organization, as well as the many papers, tutorials, and discussions of all aspects of systematic innovation.   For example, tutorial sessions were planned for Saturday … Read More

Teaching Innovation – Part II

Praveen Gupta

About two years ago, I wrote a commentary on teaching innovation as it has been my passion to pursue, source of inspiration, and reason to develop teachable innovation methods. About the same time I also started teaching Business Innovation. … Read More

Innovation & The Economy in 2010

Lynda Curtin

On December 7th this lively panel discussion was hosted on CSPAN by Mathew Bishop, Business Editor of The Economist. The panel of excellent innovators includes: Dean Kamen, Inventor, Segway; Kai Huang, Co-Founder, The Guitar Hero; Rob Carlson, Principal, Biodesic; … Read More

Innovation in the New Year

Jack Hipple

We head into 2010 with uncertainty. Things look like they may be turning up a little, but many people are still cautious, considering all the financial turbulence. In times like this, it’s always best to fall back on things … Read More

Tutorial: Filtering New Ideas with TRIZ in Automation

This study proves that ordinary engineers can generate ideal solutions to real world design problems by applying basic level TRIZ methodology. It will also explore how TRIZ can be used to verify the accuracy of design solutions already conceived.Read More

Welcome to the January 2010 Issue of The TRIZ Journal

We begin 2010 with one new author and one returning author – an appropriate mix of old and new for the beginning of a new year and a new decade.Read More

Inventive Principles of TRIZ with China’s 36 Strategies

There are striking similarities among the 36 strategies and the inventive principles of TRIZ. Both strive to derive solutions for difficult problems that maximize total benefits while minimizing costs and harmful side effects.Read More

Innovation Reading

clayton christiansons book “the innovators dilemma” is pretty well known and is on my shelf waiting to read. anyone out there have some other favorites? would be nice to get a list goingRead More

Definition

I have been interested in the activity around “innovation” since getting asked to leave the AIT innovation discussion (after being invited in) at the ISSSP conference this last summer. I have nevRead More

Definitions *

Dear friends;Let's not make ourselves busy with “words”,I remember we had the same problem in quantom physics while trying to define simillar events.The only way to get rid of this confusion isRead More

Production of Cyanuric Chloride from Cyanuric Acid

i required a method of production of cyanuric chloride from cyanuric acid.Read More

Is TRIZ the Best Innovation Methodology?

I'd like to hear from people that do Triz and have been exposed to other innovation methodologies. Is Triz the best? Is Design for Six Sigma the best? Or are they the best “hammers” for their respRead More

Ge Healthcare-are They Using Innovation Methods?

https://the-trizjournal.com/offsite.asp?A=Fr&Url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2007/id20070109_587285.htm?link_position=link7Would what GE Healthcare is doing be qualified as usinRead More

Does Innovation Require Commercialism?

This is a side topic in another thread but I thought I would start its own.If we're saying that innovation requires a commercial aspect – something being sold – then what about something like GooRead More

What Isn’t Innovation

I get so tired of seeing the word innovation applied to things that are not innovation. Anyone else?My favorite recent example? A magazine that said cooking with margarine was innovative. What? It&#3Read More

TRIZ, Where Do I Start?

I'm intrigued by this where do I start?Read More

Reduce Interview Wait Time for Candidates

Hi,I am looking for ideas on how to reduce the wait time for candidates coming to my organization. There are currently 4 rounds that they go thru and the approx time they spent on this is 9 hours. WeRead More

Innovation and Education, from Dr. Russ Ackoff

Fellow RealInnovation Posters, Good afternoon!FYI, here is some recent blogging that may interest you, about Innovation and Education, from Dr. Russ Ackoff' s blog: http://ackoffcenter.bloRead More

Omission or Error?

Dear Article Archive Manager or Post Moderator: In your article on innovation Ð What is Innovation?More specifically: What Is NOT Innovation?Invention is the mother of necessity. – ThorsteinRead More