Itinerant Innovation or Traveling TRIZ

Ellen Domb

There are two meetings this week.  See    http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/ for the full final program of the Japan TRIZ Symposium.  We’ll have reports later in the week from traveler Paul Filmore. 

I’m reporting this week from the Business Innovation Conference … Read More

New Editorial Panel’s TRIZ Journal Highlights

The TRIZ Journal now has two new editorial panel members: Paul Filmore and Marco de Carvalho. Both have authored articles in The TRIZ Journal – here are some of their finer moments.Read More

Integrated Conceptual Design with TRIZ

Try an integrated approach for inventive idea generation and multi-criteria decision-making. TRIZ is used for generating idea systematically for technical problems, while superiority and inferiority ranking is used for alternative selections.Read More

TRIZ and 40 Business Survival Imperatives

Based on his research, development, engineering and quality management, the author has attempted to formulate business survival imperatives using the 40 inventive principles of TRIZ. These imperatives may help developing businesses succeed and grow.Read More

Welcome to the September 2008 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!

This month we welcome Marco de Carvalho and Paul Filmore to The TRIZ Journal’s editorial panel. Each has been a contributor of articles in the past and we look forward to their continuing to bring their expertise to The TRIZ Journal as authors and editors.Read More

Student Corner: Practical Applications of Air Balloons

All children are fond of playing different games with air-filled balloons and air bubbles. This article discusses applications of balloons, some of which were developed by students.Read More

TRIZ Concepts in Limited Slip Differentials for Suvs/rvs

Differentials help provide vehicular stability and mobility in sport utility and recreational vehicles, but problems exist with those currently on the market. The authors used TRIZ to evaluate a simplified ideality for a new design.Read More

What’s Your Sign (Of Innovation)?

Jack Hipple

How many of you have seen one of Jeff Foxworthy’s comedy monologues? You know one of his favorite spots is his description of a certain behavior (usually not all the flattering, but funny), and then saying, “Here’s your sign!”, … Read More

Olympic TRIZ

Ellen Domb

Thanks to BusinessWeek for doing all the research for this article, Olympic Innovation (http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/08/0807_olympic_innovation/index.htm), they have a great slide show and article about the innovations in Olympic equipment, whether non-Olympic athletes can buy it, and if yes, the details.  … Read More

BCG Innovation 2008 Report

James Todhunter

The Boston Consulting Group has released their latest report on innovation, “Innovation 2008: Is the Tide Turning?” As always, the BCG report provides some great insights on the state of innovation in business.

There are plenty of very interesting … Read More

Entropy and the Ideal Final Result

Every specific design of a system intended to fulfill requirements can be seen as a micro-state. Design degeneracy is a type of entropy that can be defined as the number of designs available to fulfill a certain set of requirements.Read More

Welcome to the August 2008 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!

"From Russia, With Love" is more than just the name of a James Bond movie! This month, it also means that we have reports from the happenings at this year’s TRIZ Developers Summit in St. Petersburg.Read More

In Search of the Ideal TRIZ Teaching Method

TRIZ practitioners continue debating how best to teach it. Recognizing everyone is different, learns differently and possesses a different knowledge base the article explores different thinking/teaching modes.Read More

The Complete Technical System and System Operator

Applying CTS and the system operator model enhance the creativity of the solutions; viewing the core process of a call center, where a service technician works with a customer, revealed an immediate opportunity for improvement.Read More

TRIZ Permeates Patent Use – Albeit Unintentionally

A lot of problems exist in life where the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) tools of understanding functions would improve the problem solving process – especially in order to avoid spending money on unnecessary problem solving.Read More

The Mother of Invention?

Cass PursellI’m new to working in Supply Chain and am finding it extremely interesting, challenging, and critical to the long-term success of the organization. One thing that I’ve noticed in particular is that, more than for any other business function, … Read More

PDMA’s 32nd Annual International Conference

Katie Barry

The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) is hosting its 32nd Annual International Conference September 15-17 in Orlando.

Why should you attend this event? Keynote speakers from companies including MIT, iRobot and IBM. Guru roundtables: small roundtable sessions with thought-leaders … Read More

Holiday TRIZ

Ellen Domb

It is holiday/vacation time for our northern hemisphere readers and authors, and that can be a great opportunity for TRIZ learning and practice.  

Many of our columns on how to learn TRIZ emphasize the need to practice, and … Read More

What Business Are You In?

Jack Hipple

With my activities in TRIZ, I am constantly thinking about function rather than jargon or business description. What function does my product allow someone to do? Not what do I sell them or what do they need. The function … Read More

Add Value by Connecting Tools and Techniques

Even when the application of every tool in the connectivity chain perfectly completes its assigned task, it is necessary to turn over the results of the application to the next tool in the sequence to reach the ultimate goal.Read More