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Measuring Innovation by Time to Market?
01/01/2010 | Editor
I listened to a webcast yesterday about product innovation. One of the speakers said one of the ways they measure success is by the time it takes to get to market. I didn't get to ask my questionRead More
Definitions *
01/01/2010 | Editor
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
Software for Innovation?
01/01/2010 | Editor
Is there software for directed innovation? I've heard of Goldfire – anyone have any experience with this?I work for a major pharmaceutical company. I wonder if using software would be a way to eaRead More
Has TRIZ Led to Any Important Inventions?
01/01/2010 | Editor
Hi there, Can you tell us if Triz has led to any important discoveries or inventions? Most or all of the advances described in the Triz literature seem to be important but incremental improRead More
How Open is Open Innovation?
01/01/2010 | Editor
I had this fantastic idea on how to improve cell phones. I looked up the major phone manufacturers so I could share this idea. But it was hard to find a way to submit ideas to them. One of them (a laRead More
Statistics on Ideal Final Result
01/01/2010 | Editor
Are there any statistics (or even guesstimates) about how often the ideal final result is achieved when it is identified? What qualifies it as being a success?Getting to the ideal?Getting fartherRead More
How Corporate Innovation Champions Win
01/01/2010 | Editor
“Life of a Heretic: Strategies for the Creative Personality” — Author Genrich Altshuller & others. Commentary by Richard Platt (former) Intel Corporate Innovation Program Manager and Senior InstructoRead More
Starting off Strong
01/01/2010 | Editor
As a novice TRIZ user I find it somewhat difficult to CLEARLY identify the technical contradictions in real world problems. As with any class example, it was much easier to dissect and identify the coRead More
TRIZ and Information Techonology Management
01/01/2010 | Editor
Having been fascinated by the world of TRIZ , i have been wondering on how TRIZ can be implemented to better the lots in Information technology management. any sugestionsRead More
What to Do when Top Management Isn’t on Board?
01/01/2010 | Editor
Our organization's (a non-profit organization in the business of performing rights management) first attempt at developing an innovation culture was back in 2008 with an “idea generation” programRead More
Six Sigma and TRIZ
01/01/2010 | Editor
I'm on my way to San Antonio, TX USA for a Six Sigma Conference, doing a tutorial on TRIZ for Six Sigma Black Belts. Anyone with examples of TRIZ applications in Six Sigma? &Read More
Ethnographics
01/01/2010 | Editor
Is anyone working with ethnographics in their dividion/company? Dorothy Leonard wrote an article in HBR about it in 97. Really takes market research to the next level. Would like to hear back from anyRead More
Number of Experts Needed
01/01/2010 | Editor
I'm looking at approaching our company with an innovation plan – suggesting that we implement systematic innovation policies. I've been trying to find out if there are a partiuclar number of pRead More
Innovating in Korea
01/01/2010 | Editor
I've read that Samsung in Korea is a top innovator. What are they doing that's so right? And why isn't the rest of Samsung/others copying them?Read More
National Innovation Initiative (nii)
01/01/2010 | Editor
Fellow RealInnovation Posters, Hello!Have any of you been involved with and / or aware of the work of the “National Innovation Initiative” (NII), led by the Council on Competitiveness:http://www.coRead More
Fyi– Mit Open Courseware: Managing Innovation
01/01/2010 | Editor
FYI … The Open Courseware site of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has an offering related to “Emerging Trends in Managing Innovation”, at this location:http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/SlRead More
Fyi-“keeping an Open Mind”– Mental Tools
01/01/2010 | Editor
FYI, here is the link to the first part of a several-part monograph about “Keeping an open mind”, from the Center for the Study of Intelligence (part of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) —Read More
Pleased to See Discussion on TRIZ-derived Inventions
01/01/2010 | Editor
Hi there, I'm pleased to see the impressively detailed response of Ellen to my query on whether Triz has generated fundamental innovations. Amongst other points, the self-growingRead More