TRIZ LEVEL 1

Seasoned inventors don’t see an object as an object. Rather they see them in continuum of TIME and SPACE. Using this framework, one can clearly define the next evolution of their product / process and able to define the PUSH and PULL strategies.

Altshuller when he decoded 20,000+ patents along with his students, he identified that all the solutions were broken down to 40 fundamental solutions spread across various industries. In other words, if one gets understanding of the 40 inventive principles, he/she would solve any problem with potential novelty.

Often concept development is seen as a challenging task and seldom do we see quite unique concepts being developed. In this disruptive world, the need to develop multiple competing concepts enables the ability to develop potential solutions. This can be used even to address customer empathy or UX like problems.

Contradictions are the fundamental limitations that stop any system’s growth when not addressed with win-win solutions. In most cases these are defined at the system level and hence we call them SYSTEM level Contradictions. An example: If the mobile screen size is increased Then it leads to be a better visual experience BUT increases the size of the mobile phone. The conflict at the system level is between the visual experience and size

The highest order of contradiction formulation happens at a parameter / attribute level. In other words, these are some of the most complex problems that one would face and by addressing them will lead to a new powerful solution(s). An example: The screen size of mobile should be high, and the screen size of the mobile should be small

Most powerful solutions are often derived by adopting solutions from totally different industries than yours. An excellent example of recent Indian automobile industry is the development of BSVI compliant emission norms. The Selective Catalytic Reactor from the Power Generation industry has led to give the ability to reduce the NOx levels.

Ideality is a concept of thinking, where all the benefits that are required are made available with no penalties of Cost / Environmental harm and it doesn’t occupy any space for a given product / process. This is a very powerful concept of thinking, and it helps in defining the strong dimensionality of numerator and denominator thinking, which is used in innovation strategies.

One of the strongest mental models is to relate with every action of yours taken to get a benefit and that action alone leads to the penalty. When we bring a clear focus on this mental model, it defines the greatest opportunity to come up with win-win solutions. The innovation or inventive solutions are those that leads from penalty to no-penalty

Most often what people think is impossible often have an oxymoron problem to be solved. For building strong inventions, it is important to have these types of problems identified at the organization level at various levels to develop very disruptive solutions. Since these are often at a parameter (ex: temperature, pressure, size, etc.,) they are at the fundamental level of contradictions.

Every product does a set of functions and hence we say that the language of innovation is Functionality. Critical mental model is to look at functionality as the primary basis for innovation. Whenever cross discipline teams meet on a product innovation, the first starting point to innovate should start with functionality as the basis.

The 2 critical dimensions for humans are time and space. the inventions and innovations are essentially developed to help humans and the ecosystem; hence they are also guided very critically by the domains of time and space. A critical mental is to look at every device or solution in the context of how it evolved in time and how it evolved in space.