Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

” So, when the team shared the key problems that were holding back progress, Conley turned to something he knew rather well: a method for innovation that originated in 1946 with Russian scientist and writer Genrich Altshuller. “No, I just know a systematic innovation methodology.” And guess what?

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TRIZ Altshuller Tips Innovation 82

Mike Cardus

MARCH 31, 2011

I had to privilege of leading Creativity to Innovation at Syracuse University ; Creativity To Innovation Program Methodology. Using a mixture of TRIZ, creative problem solving and brain based leadership models, the participants find solutions to existing organizational situations. Find creative solutions to current situations.

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Workshop Creativity TRIZ Innovation 92

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Thinking Differently – Enabling Innovation :: 1:30-2:30pm. Competitive demands require quicker, more effective and innovative problem solving. Outcomes from Thinking Differently – Enabling Innovation. Understanding and various uses of Nine Windows, a TRIZ inventive problem solving tool. 10/15 – Conference Day.

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Conference Quality TRIZ Seminar 102

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

One Solution Step was to create an internal Managerial Leadership Process, starting with the Managers and eventually being used in every level of the company. Below is ONE Quality Tool commonly used in TRIZ that we used to begin in framing the context of our solution. The DTC Operator Algorithm.

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Operations Training Tools Planning 128

Mike Cardus

MARCH 19, 2013

Thinking Through Innovation. A highly interactive skills course transferring creative ideas into innovative practices. Organizations that wish to remain competitive in the business environment must develop their capacity to generate creative ideas and then use their talent well to transfer these ideas into innovative practices.

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Innovation Creativity Participative Business Model 107

Mike Cardus

MARCH 28, 2011

Creativity to Innovation. Presentation from a workshop Creativity To Innovation ; Outcomes of Create-Learning Innovation Programs: Develop a culture of innovation that engages team member creativity and energy. To effectively transfer your creative ideas into innovative solutions. Contact Mike.

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Creativity Innovation Workshop Business Model 99

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2011

From a workshop on TRIZ Innovation that I led for Syracuse University. I thought this idea was rather innovative and did solve the problem we were facing. Them we spend months developing processes and job-aids to apply the lessons and skills. High Ropes Course. A crushed Marshmallow Tower.

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TRIZ Team Simon Workshop 110

Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

I consulted and led a 6 month coaching and training process with the Executive Vice President of Human Resources and 14 of the Associate Vice Presidents. The process ended with the creation of an internal Director Leadership Program.

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Team Building TRIZ Succession Team 94

Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

Below is an actual Executive Coaching and Managerial Leadership Training + Development process I facilitated. The methods and processes worked! Situation: Currently there is an authoritarian style of management creating a decrease in morale, satisfaction with work and innovation amongst employees.

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Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Execution TRIZ 116

Mike Cardus

MAY 10, 2011

Nine windows is often used in TRIZ (The theory of inventive problem solving) to explore solutions to a problem in a context of past present and future. Interested in learning how to use quality tools to solve problems and increase innovative planning within workplaces? Contact Mike … to make your team better.

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Tools Quality TRIZ System 139

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

How interested are people in innovation — and how does that change cross-culturally? We've found that these questions point to a new need for innovative cultures in the world today (distinct from innovative companies ). Note that even without data from China, Asia is bubbling with interest in innovation.

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Six Sigma TRIZ Globalization Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2011

Is there a structured thinking process that reliably produces results? That's the number of invention methodologies my colleagues and I have perused in the course of assembling what we call The World Database of Innovation. But only a small subset of these processes for inventing are based on hard evidence.

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Altshuller TRIZ Innovation Constraint 18

Mike Cardus

MAY 18, 2012

Much of my work with Innovation stems from organizations, teams, as well as individuals taking what they already know and allowing themselves to make small adjustments towards new and improved products, processes and services. What are you already doing that is innovative with what you have? That’s in this video.

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Resources Video Innovation Skills 122

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 16, 2012

The image below is from my Creativity to Innovation Workshop & Consulting. Model’s and methods to think differently about existing problems that will lead to innovative products and processes. Use existing resources and knowledge to innovate solutions. Use existing resources and knowledge to innovate solutions.

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Team Workshop Innovation Learning-by-Doing 128

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

You need to use reliable processes for action and continually improve your processes based on studying your results. On top of that, they would end up the process feeling more confident and ready to start (or drop the idea once and for all). Processes. 10) Design your processes to be mistake proof. Pareto Chart.

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Deming SWOT Root Cause Analysis TRIZ 28

Mike Cardus

MARCH 22, 2011

Once our thinking freezes in place the friction of innovation and growth ceases to happen. The more experience we have, more reinforcement of psychological inertia, more belief in our constructs - which freezes our thinking in place.

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Construction Definition Learning-by-Doing Team 112

QAspire

MAY 31, 2015

Don’t forget traditional problem solving tools –5Why, TRIZ, etc & go beyond. Who is the owner and stakeholders involved in this process of infusing Critical Thinking across the organization? A5 An organization with critical thinkers is likely to be more collaborative, strategic, innovative, make better decisions & grow well.

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TRIZ Diversity Learning-by-Doing Skills 70

Mike Cardus

APRIL 1, 2011

Problems are faced daily. We continue to invent, create and solve daily problems. Teams continue to thrive, work and complete projects and tasks. Managerial leaders continue to set goals, complete their tasks, delegate and impact our lives. The Ideal Solution Statement.

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Delegation Resources System Learning-by-Doing 98