Traditionally, creativity and innovative thinking is a product of the right brain. That means it’s an art. People are born with it. However, there exists a technique to teach people to be innovative in a structured manner, i.e. making creativity and innovation – a process.

However, today’s business environment is characterized by rapid change and leveraging of knowledge-based assets. Time-to-market and relevant intellectual property has become crucial elements for global competitiveness. To be successful, an enterprise must be able to respond instantly to the dynamics of global markets – that is, to be capable of ‘innovation upon demand’ and meet the needs of all customers.

What if one could direct the process of innovation step by step? Make innovation a core competency of your organization? Predict with a degree of certainty the evolution of your products and services in the marketplace and be ready with a successful chain of profitable breakthroughs?

The results of a structured process for continuous innovation are dramatic, immediate and valuable:

QAI with association with Ideation International Inc.(Ideation) provides inventive solutions, using and further enhancing TRIZ methodology.

TRIZ is a technique, which teaches repeatable processes to maximize creativity. TRIZ is a Russian acronym for “Theory of Inventive Problem Solving’. Genrich Altshuller, the founder of TRIZ, perceived that there is a definite pattern in the way innovations take

place in technical systems. He studied world’s most innovative patents to look for the basic principles and patterns. This study yielded a systematic approach for definition and identification of innovative problems, a set of problem solving tools, and a vast knowledge database, which can solve current organizational problems in an innovative way.

The solutions provided by us are based on a new, unique and powerful approach that is rooted in the Russian TRIZ system. This new system, called I-TRIZ, is a result of over 50 years of rigorous research and analysis of more than 3 million worldwide patents – a stunning collaboration among the world’s leading scientists and technical minds. It offers a fresh approach to technical and non-technical creativity, resulting in decreased time to market, improved total quality and quantifiably better products & services.

Our products and services are designed to enable enterprises to resolve difficult and critical inventive problems, eliminate technological roadblocks, predict failures and invent future generations of technology-based systems and processes.

I-TRIZ customers are in more than 40 countries and industries as diverse as software, automobiles, chemicals, satellites and health care. The common thread is that each client comes with a fervent desire to build and strengthen their innovation skills to enable them to capture or retain the leadership position in their industry.

About the Workshop

Inventive Problem Solving (IPS) workshop - A 3-day workshop for individuals, followed by 32 hours of post-workshop project work conducted over six weeks.

It helps individuals solve complex technological problems by supporting both analytical and solution-synthesis stages of problem solving. The IPS process is organized into five steps:

1) Document the problem
2) Formulate the problem
3) Prioritize Directions for Innovation
4) Develop solutions concepts
5) Evaluate results and plan implementation

This comprehensive approach provides critical assistance for solving previously insolvable problems and improving existing situations.

Workshop Roadmap

Program objective

To provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to resolve complex inventive problems using the Innovation WorkBench (IWB) software. During the workshop, participants will address a real-world technological problem of their choosing.

The post-training project entails completing the full Ideation Process for the selected problem. IPS Professionals will provide post-workshop coaching for one month to help the participant achieve satisfactory results. After completing the project the participant will receive certification as an IPS Practitioner.

• To understand the I-TRIZ methodology
• To understand the tools & become self-sufficient in utilization of the tools
• To learn regarding problem formulation
• To prioritize directions & idea generation
• To develop concepts & evaluate results

Workshop Methodology

Presentation / Exercise for knowledge dissemination
Case studies & group discussions for exposure to real life issues
Projects (during & post-program) & demonstration of tools for actual implementation experience

Who Should Attend

Operations Manager
Research & Development Manager
Business Development Manager
New Service / Product Development Manager
Solution architect & process expert
Professionals desiring to be an inventive problem solvers.

Workshop Benefits

Participants will be able to:

Create a structured process for Innovation in their organization
Establish a 'Centre of Innovation' in the organization
Deploy multifaceted approach of I-TRIZ to solve complicated problems
Use the I-TRIZ knowledge base for creative problem solving

Course Outline

Overview to I-TRIZ Methodology and Process
- Ideality / Resources
- Psychological Inertia
- Idea Generation / Secondary Problems
- System of Operators
- Analogic Thinking
Demonstration and working with the I-TRIZ tools
Problem formulation and working on a Live Project (s)
- Prioritization of directions and Idea Generation
- Developing Concepts
- Evaluating Results