TRIZ and Systematic Business Model Innovation

ICG Training and Consulting, The Netherlands

Published in the Proceedings of  the “TRIZ Future  Conference 2010”, Bergamo, Italy, November 3-5, 2010, Bergamo University Press, pp 189-197. ISBN: 978-88-9633359-4

Abstract

The paper presents an approach to Business Model Innovation based on … Read More

Discovering Innovation

www.Lean-TTT.com

 Brief History

Joel Barker the futurist forever changed the English lexicon when he introduced the concept of “Business of Paradigms.”  Joel rightly taught North American Industry the stifling grip entrenched paradigms have on introducing new ideas of concepts.  … Read More

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Publication Details: Innovation on Demand: New Product Development Using TRIZ by Victor Fey and Eugene Rivin. © 2005. Cambridge University Press ISBN-13 978-0-521-82620-4 www.cambridge.org/9780521826204 £35 or $65

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Continuous Innovation Enables Breakthrough

Ellen Domb

Rosabeth Moss Kanter (well-known management author and Harvard professor) presents her observations and challenges to CEOs who are embracing innovation during the recovery in the article “Block-by-Blockbuster Innovation” in the May 2010 Harvard Business Review.   See http://hbr.org/2010/05/column-block-by-blockbuster-innovation/ar/1  

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Business Innovation Maturity Model (BIMM)

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Report: Queens School of Business 1st Annual Innovation Summit

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Sarah Miller Caldicott is … Read More

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Day 2 Report: First International Conference on Systematic Innovation

Ellen Domb

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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

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Lynda Curtin

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