Limit Your Way to Innovation

Determine constraints to achieve competitive advantage In today’s world, it’s almost expected that product or service innovation will yield competitive advantage. So how does one innovate? One approach is to hire genius employees and to combine the attributes of a number of tools (e.g., theory of constraints or experimentation), or use specific methodologies such as TRIZ (innovative problem solving). Surprisingly, your […]

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The Underlying Philosophy of TRIZ . . Been There, Done That!

An important concept within TRIZ is that someone, somewhere, has already solved your problem.  Of course, the problem has to be clearly stated, and in a generic sense to enable the recognition of existing valid solutions. TRIZ is not alone in recognizing this need.  ‘Stating the problem clearly’ is something that was recognized by the formulators of the Six Sigma […]

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