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The challenge: changing markets, supply chains and technologies How will your company earn money in 5 to 10 years? Many industrial companies are asking themselves this question in a rapidly...

There are certainly more than 7 reasons why an innovation process may be incapable of doing what it is supposed to do. But if you don’t make these 7 mistakes,...

What ist TRIZ? A brief Introduction Many companies are faced with the challenge of developing new technical solutions. They need innovative products with outstanding functions and novel, high-performance processes. But...

The innovation process brings repeatable innovation success to the company What does the perfect innovation process look like for your company? The perfect innovation process does exactly what you want...

In recent years, the discussion about environmentally harmful chemicals has become increasingly important. One of these groups of chemicals is per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). They are in focus...

Innovation potential is where the market and customers have a problem Everyone is looking for the honey pot, the uncultivated field and the “low hanging fruits”. In short: innovation potential...

Can’t we just have some brilliant ideas?! Ideas are of course a necessary part of successful innovation. Even if having ideas is not sufficient for innovation. It is mostly just...

When good advice is darely needed and ideas are rare, an ideation workshop can help. Ideation is a synonym for idea development or idea creation. It doesn’t always have to...

How a Patent Booster Workshop works R&D people are familiar with this situation: Sitting alone before the laptop, doing regular patent researches, generating ideas with the hope to develop a...

Real innovation has low costs and high prices When it comes to consumer goods, we associate innovation with high prices. “Only what is expensive is good”. In innovation development, we...

Management Consultants also help in engineering Innovation Consulting for technology innovation often sounds strange to development managers, developers and engineers. Aren’t we the experts? What do they think they can...

Or: How to solve any technical problem in no time at all Lars Lindner* is an engineer and technician. With heart and soul. Since his studies, he has been fascinated...

How does innovation work? Innovation is on everyone’s lips. Innovation gives you a competitive edge. Innovation is sexy. Who doesn’t want to be “innovative”? But how does it actually work?...

What keeps us from successful innovation? Isn’t it supposed to be pretty easy? Just identify the problem, develop a solution, register the patent and launch on the market, right?

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Best TRIZ Conference ever – that is the prevailing feedback after the TRIZ Future 2015 conference in Berlin. See impressions from workshops, scientific sessions and evening events. Many thanks to...

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