Monthly Archives: January 2008
Wheres My Return on Innovation?!
31/01/2008 | EditorCass Pursell
(Or, Is That a Canary in Your Coal Mine?)
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), in partnership with BusinessWeek, conducted (from October 2006 through March 2007) its fourth annual survey of senior executives on innovation and the innovation-to-cash process.
Its … Read More
Wal Mart Saves the World
31/01/2008 | EditorCass PursellWal Mart is being complimented and criticized in equal measures for its Green Innovation program. As one of the most polarizing business entities in modern history, Wal Marts ability to elicit this kind of dueling reaction is hardly surprising. … Read More
TRIZ in ASQs New Issue
29/01/2008 | EditorKatie Barry
The American Society for Qualitys (ASQ) magazine, Quality Progress, January issues cover story, ”Conflict and Complexity,” looks at the use of problem-solving techniques, including TRIZ, and how they could have been used to prevent the Challenger disaster.
You do have … Read More
Innovation Supersymmetry
22/01/2008 | EditorMichael S. Slocum
A look into string theory from the field of physics will give us an interesting analogy to leverage. String theory is a method of reconciling the fact that general relativity as a theory only works if we ignore … Read More
Broken Windows of Innovation
21/01/2008 | EditorJames Todhunter
Social policy has long been influenced by the Broken Window Theory. Strangely, I see a similar phenomenon at work in our innovation neighborhood. I see the evidence in the language of the discussion that is used.
Usually, I don’t … Read More
Global Innovation – Part II
20/01/2008 | EditorPraveen Gupta
While going to India for participating in the convocation events at IIT, Chicago’s Bangalore campus, I was supposed to travel from Chicago to Newark, and then catch the international flight to Delhi. Due to the size and cost associated … Read More
Your New Years Innovation Resolutions
10/01/2008 | EditorJack Hipple
It’s the New Year. What’s new? Innovation is still the “buzzword”, but I go to many presentations at meetings where the talks are not about innovation, but about astute business choices (plant locations, etc.). I’m afraid that innovation is … Read More
Heuristic Redefinition
07/01/2008 | EditorMichael S. Slocum
Before a problem should be solved it is important that it be decomposed into sub-systems. That way each sub-system can be analyzed and the problem can be solved one part at a time. This is an important aspect … Read More
Supply Chain Improvement for a Forklift Distributor
07/01/2008 | EditorThis paper describes a new model of logistics integration based on the utilization of the contradiction matrix and collaborative planning forecast and replenishment (CPFR).Read More
Physico-mathematical Search of Resources
07/01/2008 | EditorA search of physical properties of an X-element is the important problem in ARIZ. This article represents an attempt to transition from mathematics to physics. Decoding Bartini’s method is one such way.Read More
Student Corner: Dialectic Logic
07/01/2008 | EditorLogic allows for different viewpoints and, thus, can help lead to more solutions for inventive problems. In dialectic logic, objects or processes can exist in two contradictory states, exhibiting different properties in different times or spaces.Read More
Welcome to the January 2008 Issue of The TRIZ Journal!
07/01/2008 | EditorHappy New Year! It was one year ago that we re-designed The TRIZ Journal. Do not forget to check back frequently throughout the month for new commentaries, discussion forum posts, new events and job listings.Read More
Global Innovation – Part I
05/01/2008 | EditorPraveen Gupta
Last month I had an opportunity to speak on innovation at the IIT Chicago’s Bangalore campus. It is amazing to see talk and walk going on in this area there. Then I visited Prakash Kappoth, Senior Manager – Knowledge … Read More
The Long Nose of Innovation
03/01/2008 | EditorJames Todhunter
A very insightful article appears in BusinessWeek online titled “The Long Nose of Innovation.” Written by Bill Buxton of Microsoft, the article discuss the fact that great innovations don’t just happen, but rather they are the consequence of many … Read More