For many, inventing technical solutions seems to be a dubious art that requires bogus geniuses, morning showers and unpredictable flashes of inspiration. But that’s a myth. Structured invention is a craft. And TRIZ supplies the toolbox for it.
The inventive problem solving TRIZ is directly applicable and creates new, technical solutions and inventions based on the knowledge and experience of many generations of engineers, developers and inventors. Above all, the contradiction matrix is known. Much more far-reaching are innovation tools such as ideality, the time machine or the “Miniature Men”. And several more tools, which also reach out into the domains of product and service innovation.
Here you will find experience reports, guidelines and contributions to discussions on inventive problem solving with TRIZ.
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 be about solutions, though. Sometimes, quite different ideas are required.…
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 patentable solutions, tackling current technical problems and meeting the annual…
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 tell us? Aren’t consultants more for strategy meetings and SAP implementation? We want to address these…
Or: How to solve any technical problem with ease Lars Lindner* is an engineer and technician. With body and soul. Since finishing his studies, he has been busy with technical products and groundbreaking new processes, always driven by the will…
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 how do innovations come about? In technology, the basis is usually a specific problem for which…
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 all participants, TRIZniks and friends of innovation. Pictures, participants and…