Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2011

From a series of Team Development and Leadership workshops I led for the Simon School, University of Rochester. 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. High Ropes Course. A crushed Marshmallow Tower.

TRIZ 110

TRIZ Team Simon Workshop 110

Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

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

Case Study 116

Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Execution TRIZ 116

Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

Organizational Development Work. Developing a leadership training program and increased trust in the competence of leadership. An Additional outcome of this process, that was determined through interviews with the staff and Management team, was increased trust in the competence and effectiveness of the organizations leadership.

Team Building 94

Team Building TRIZ Succession Team 94

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.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma TRIZ Globalization Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2011

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. Strapped for cash in an era of marketing budget cuts, they make innovative use of new — and cheaper — media. This is not merely a logical theory.

Altshuller 15

Altshuller TRIZ Innovation Constraint 15

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The SME deck is to be developed in two months, with weekly two hours meetings, on-line or face to face depending on the location of my clients. 14) Create a structure in top management that will push every day on the above 13 points. 4) Develop an org chart to assign responsibilities and communicate it to everyone. Leadership.

Deming 28

Deming SWOT Root Cause Analysis TRIZ 28

QAspire

MAY 31, 2015

Last week, I was invited as a guest on PeopleMatters #TChat (Twitter chat) on the topic of developing critical thinking muscle within the organization and the role of learning and development. Q2:How can Critical Thinking be developed? Don’t forget traditional problem solving tools –5Why, TRIZ, etc & go beyond.

TRIZ 70

TRIZ Diversity Learning-by-Doing Skills 70