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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The engineers had statistics, charts, specifications for all sorts of things…and I was there to facilitate the team through Innovation Models to develop a solution to this vibrating screw. Things are rough and I am not sure what innovation and problem-solving methods + models I can throw at you.

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TRIZ Team Root Cause Analysis Team Building 146

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Here is the schedule it may change; 12/27/11 – Photos of Teams. 12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). Perhaps the most kick-ass corporate team building photo I have ever seen! From a series of Team Development and Leadership workshops I led for the Simon School, University of Rochester.

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TRIZ Team Simon Workshop 110

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Below is ONE Quality Tool commonly used in TRIZ that we used to begin in framing the context of our solution. With this team we used it to explore the challenge of Developing a Managerial Leadership Process. Many, many problems stemmed from this what sounds like an ‘simple’ step- BUT ‘Simple ain’t always easy.’.

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Operations Training Tools Planning 128

Mike Cardus

MARCH 19, 2013

Canisius College’s Center for Professional Development and I are offering. Thinking Through Innovation. A highly interactive skills course transferring creative ideas into innovative practices. Three out of the five days will be held at an organization where innovation and creativity is happening in real-time.

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Innovation Creativity Participative Business Model 107

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. Nine-Windows in human system i.e. team building & leadership, can be used as a planning tool. Contact Mike … to make your team better. Super-System.

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Tools Quality TRIZ System 139

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

MAY 24, 2011

Below is an actual Executive Coaching and Managerial Leadership Training + Development process I facilitated. Contact me to make your leaders & teams better. Situation: Currently there is an authoritarian style of management creating a decrease in morale, satisfaction with work and innovation amongst employees. Resolution.

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Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Execution TRIZ 116

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 21, 2013

Plus I just gave a talk about Innovation Tools and made the PowerPoint below. Innovation Tool: DTC Operator from Michael Cardus. DTC operator continues to be one of my favorites for working with teams that feel stuck or just cannot move out of their own way to explore the system and problem in a different way.

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Operations Cost Tools Innovation 112

Mike Cardus

MARCH 22, 2011

When brought into a team, a team construct is developed. The team creates a systems of practices, prejudices, experiences and beliefs ; that are reinforced through time and experience with your-self and the team. Once our thinking freezes in place the friction of innovation and growth ceases to happen.

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Construction Definition Learning-by-Doing Team 112