"From Russia, With Love" is more than just the name of a James Bond movie! This month, it also means that we have reports from the happenings at this year's TRIZ Developers Summit in St. Petersburg.
Every specific design of a system intended to fulfill requirements can be seen as a micro-state. Design degeneracy is a type of entropy that can be defined as the number of designs available to fulfill a certain set of requirements.
TRIZ practitioners continue debating how best to teach it. Recognizing everyone is different, learns differently and possesses a different knowledge base the article explores different thinking/teaching modes.
A lot of problems exist in life where the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) tools of understanding functions would improve the problem solving process – especially in order to avoid spending money on unnecessary problem solving.
Applying CTS and the system operator model enhance the creativity of the solutions; viewing the core process of a call center, where a service technician works with a customer, revealed an immediate opportunity for improvement.
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are useful in construction; one such way is protecting buildings and other structures from earthquakes and other dynamic "happenings."
BCG Innovation 2008 Report Commentary by James Todhunter
The Boston Consulting Group has released their latest report on innovation, “Innovation 2008: Is the Tide Turning?” As always, the BCG report provides some great insights on the state of innovation in business.
There are plenty of very interesting insights in the report. It is a quick read and...
The Mother of Invention? Commentary by Cass Pursell
I’m new to working in Supply Chain and am finding it extremely interesting, challenging, and critical to the long-term success of the organization. One thing that I’ve noticed in particular is that, more than for any other business function, logistics conditions around the world are hugely variable and can be rather...
BCG Innovation 2008 Report
The Mother of Invention?
