TRIZ management lecture

I am going to do a lecture on what this blog is really about TRIZ and management.

My best source as a starting point are two papers I found on the internet.

The first is by Valerie Souchkov is about a breakthrough thinking of using TRIZ in management.

The second comes out of Cambridge University  and links TRIZ with technology roadmapping.

TRIZ was developed by engineers but attempts have been made to integrate it into many different areas. The 40 principles have been adapted in many areas.

I will post a link to my slides as I write them.

TRIZ workshop

Just today been asked by a colleague to run a TRIZ workshop for second year product design undergraduates. Gives me a chance to promote one of my passions. Need to do about an hour and a half. I could lean it towards new product development.

My outline thoughts are:

40 principles
solving technical contradictions - triz 40 or otherwise
solving physical contradictions - charts
thinking in time and space - nine boxes
ideality
trends of evolution
effects database
maybe a mudguard design

What on earth is TRIZ?

Welcome to my TRIZ blog. You may not have heard of it before but TRIZ is a series of innovation techniques, based on the analysis of patents used to solve problems. It was developed by engineers and initially adopted by that community but has the potential for much wider appeal including its use in management.

One of the most accessible tools is the TRIZ 40 principles. These are 40 ways of solving problems.These come from a systematic analysis of patents.

Nos 1-10

1. Segmentation

2. Taking Out

3. Local Quality

4. Asymmetry

5. Merging

6. Universality

7. Nested Doll

8. Anti-weight

9. Prior Counteraction

10. Prior Action

Nos 11-20

11. Cushion in advance

12. Equipotentiality

13. The other way around

14. Spheroidality – Curvature

15. Dynamics

16. Partial or Excessive Action

17. Another Dimension

18. Mechanical Vibration

19. Periodic Action

20. Continuity of Useful Action

Nos 21-30

21. Rushing Through (or Skipping)

22. Blessing in Disguise

23. Feedback

24. Intermediary

25. Self-service

26. Copying

27. Cheap short-living objects

28. Replace mechanical System

29. Pneumatics and Hydraulics

30. Flexible Shells and Thin Films

Nos 31-40

31. Porous materials

32. Colour Changes

33. Homogeneity

34. Discarding and Recovering

35. Parameter change

36. Phase transition

37. Thermal Expansion (or contraction)

38. Accelerate Oxidation (or use of strong oxidants)

39. Inert Atmosphere (or Environment)

40. Composite materials

Nos 1-10	Nos 11-20	Nos 21-30	Nos 31-40
These principles have been applied in many different sectors.