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Innovation Conversations with Dimension, Time, Cost

Mike Cardus

Sharing a TRIZ problem-solving tool called DTC Operator. I bought it many years ago while trying to learn more about TRIZ and problem-solving. Here is a link to a PDF that walks through eight common causes of stuckness in thinking or team development. Now, it’s important here in this process to include your team.

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Innovation and Overcoming Organizational Stuckness

Mike Cardus

Innovation, change, the ability to notice patterns, and try unique or novel approaches will continue to be a differentiator in your organization , team, and self. While each of these causes is pernicious, when working with teams and leaders, we understand that these exist and find a way to work with them instead of fighting them.

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Think Create Share – Team Building and Innovation Activity

Mike Cardus

Planning for ‘ How to Think Differently to Drive Results ’ … a four-day creativity & innovation program that provides participants with a toolbox of methods and skills for creativity and innovation that are instantly transferable to their work. Time Frame: With a team of 10 people the activity is about 30 minutes. Pens or markers.

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How to Think Differently to Drive Results–Creativity and Innovation Learning Series

Mike Cardus

How to Think Differently to Drive Results. "How to Think Differently to Drive Results" is a four-day program that provides participants with a toolbox of methods and skills for creativity and innovation that are instantly transferable to their work. Register Now! "How Larkin District.

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What if the Miracle Question Worked with Corporate Teams?

Mike Cardus

A form of the Miracle Question: I tried a variation with a Project Team of Aircraft Engineers. The team and I had spent 3 days working through root-cause analysis and struggling to determine what was causing a certain screw to vibrate lose during flight. How could you use a variation of the Miracle Question with your team?

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ASQ Buffalo Quality Conference 2013 :: Mike is Presenting

Mike Cardus

Not only is trial and error limited by personal knowledge, thinking is also constrained by a “stuckness” in how things are and how they should be. Understanding and various uses of Nine Windows, a TRIZ inventive problem solving tool. Outcomes from Thinking Differently – Enabling Innovation. Increased pace of problem solving.

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Thinking Differently Enabling Innovation Workshop Slides and Feedback

Mike Cardus

Explained how to solve a problem by making you realize what your desired solution is and suggests the tools to help work towards the solution…I gained a better understanding of how I should approach creative problem solving. Slides from my talk on ‘ Thinking Differently Enabling Innovation ’ in partnership with Buffalo Business First.

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