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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. Additionally, if you’re a manager or project lead, a team, lead whatever you are, you’ll hear new ideas for psychological safety and teams to develop. Video Transcript.

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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. You leave here and place your project planning and analysis results on your desk. While you are asleep one of your staff finds the project plans and analysis of this problem and he knows exactly how to fix it and he does. Wikipedia.

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Think Create Share – Team Building and Innovation Activity

Mike Cardus

Sometimes we use the presentation concepts and discussion as a starting point for a TRIZ Structured Innovation Process. Increased trust and speed of project completion and decision making as a team. Increased collaboration and information sharing within and between departments. Increased accountability for success and failure.

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Managerial Leadership Training Tool: Using DTC Operator Innovation Planning

Mike Cardus

Below is ONE Quality Tool commonly used in TRIZ that we used to begin in framing the context of our solution. Can we create a long term research project from this? 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.

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Photo Inquiry Friday: Ideal Solution. Think About IT

Mike Cardus

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

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Building Critical Thinking Muscle: An L&D Mandate

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Projects that bring divergent thoughts and multi stakeholders together =best way to learn. Don’t forget traditional problem solving tools –5Why, TRIZ, etc & go beyond. ActionLearning & real projects best teacher – Rajesh Lele. – Sahana Chattopadhyay. – MAHALAKSHMI R. – Gurpreet Bajaj.

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