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.

Innovation 107

Innovation Creativity Participative Business Model 107

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. From a “ Managing and Leading Across Generations ” speech I gave. I like this photo, there is something about a Catholic Priest working through a challenging problem.

TRIZ 110

TRIZ Team Simon Workshop 110

Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

Situation: Currently there is an authoritarian style of management creating a decrease in morale, satisfaction with work and innovation amongst employees. This is developing a feeling of strife, hopelessness and contempt amongst management and subordinates. Ensuring that all the people are working to their personal capabilities.

Case Study 116

Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Execution TRIZ 116

Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

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. The process ended with the creation of an internal Director Leadership Program.

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

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.

Team 128

Team Workshop Innovation Learning-by-Doing 128

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

14) Create a structure in top management that will push every day on the above 13 points. Procedures Poka-yoke , visual management , SMED and 5S. 15) Measure results in real time on the job, not only on the desk, by using visual management tools. Improvement and Innovation. 19) Celebrate innovation. Leadership.

Deming 28

Deming SWOT Root Cause Analysis TRIZ 28

Mike Cardus

APRIL 15, 2011

This week I have been thinking about the Main Useful Function of various positions within organizations; What is the Main Useful Function of Human Resources, Quality Control, Engineering, Sales, Production, Management? If I was sitting with you could you state the purpose or purposes for which the position you have was made? In community?

Human Resources 83

Human Resources Engineering Objective Innovation 83

QAspire

MAY 31, 2015

Don’t forget traditional problem solving tools –5Why, TRIZ, etc & go beyond. Managers, leaders & each individual. Managers as coaches. senior leadership and middle management – Tanmay Vora. Managing resistance – Critical thinking isn’t easy and doesn’t come to everyone naturally.

TRIZ 70

TRIZ Diversity Learning-by-Doing Skills 70

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

The 5 Whys is a question-asking technique used to explore the cause-and-effect relationships underlying a particular problem. The primary goal of the technique is to determine the root cause of a defect or problem. If you work in any kind of manufacturing and now most healthcare organizations you have heard of the ‘5 Whys’.

Team 157

Team Report Learning-by-Doing Banking 157