TRIZ: A Very Contradictory Problem-Solving Method

# TRIZ: A Very Contradictory Problem-Solving Method
#.fancy[TRIZ Talk May 2025]

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Written: May 04 2020

Updated: May 31 2025

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## Agenda
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- A Little about me

- How did I encounter TRIZ?

- How do I teach TRIZ: Something to show you
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- How will I use it?

- How can you?
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## Something of Myself
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- Masters in Electronics from IIT-Roorkee (1987)
- Past: 
  - ISRO ; CDOT ; 
  - Wipro Technologies; Texas Instruments; 
  - Akshara Foundation; NSRCEL(IIM-B)
- Present: 
  - Srishti Manipal Institute of Art/Design (since 2014)
  - Dayanand Sagar School of Commerce and Mgmt (since 2022)

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## My Teaching and First Encounter with TRIZ
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- My Design Thinking Course <u>[Play and Invent](https://arvindvenkatadri.com/teaching/1-play-and-invent/)</u>

- Based on Csikszentmihalyi, Bourdieu, and de Bono
  
  - Some decent Socio-Cultural Ideas (David Foster Wallace)
  - Divergent and Convergent Thinking Techniques (Guilford, Wallas-Kogan)
  
  - Some Problem Analysis
  
]

- My own hardware design experiences at ISRO, CDOT, Wipro, TI seemed to have more structure in innovation

- Wanted to bring it to the classroom ! Didn't know how!!!

- ***.orange[STUMBLED upon (classical) TRIZ in 2017]***

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#### How Did I Get into it?

- At first, I did not believe it!! It seemed magical!!
- So I read, and thought, and wrote!

![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51R9WS8BNTL._SL500_.jpg)
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> And [wrote my own content](https://arvindvenkatadri.com/teaching/1-play-and-invent/) from 2018-2019, taught it starting 2018, to Art/Design undergrads!!
No Content survives first contact with the students: More than 100 GitHub pushes.
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## So what *is* TRIZ*?
![Genrikh Altshuller](images/Altshuller.454.png)
.blue[.footnote[*Teoriya Resheniya
Izobretatelskikh Zadacht]
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- A ***.red[Creative Problem Solving System]***
- An ecosystem of ***.red[Tools and Practices]***
- Based on ***.red[Design Patterns]*** gleaned from historic Patents
- In diverse ***.red[Domains]***

- And a growing world of ***.red[Experts]*** and Practitioners

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## What motivated TRIZ?

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- Altshuller was a Patent Inspector in the Soviet Navy. 
  - **Data-mined** 25K Patent Applications, and found:
- **.red[All *creative* Patents solved...CONTRADICTIONS!]**

- **.orange[Similar Contradictions]** were found across Domains
- But used ***.red[different language / terminology]***

- **.orange[Similar Inventive Solutions]** were found across Domains

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## Worldviews in (classical) TRIZ

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## A TRIZ Worldview: What's Your Inventive Problem?
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![](images/pizza.jpg)
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- Lids get soggy with steam, and may touch the toppings!
- The Box is needed, because the hot pizza is to be delivered!!

So?

PROBLEM: Ever tried to scrape cheese off the inside of a pizza box lid?
- **.orange[Csikszentmihalyi: Keep a "Surprise Journal"]**
]

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## A TRIZ Worldview: What's Your Inventive Problem? (In Class)
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- Chains **need to be flexible** so that can wrap around sprockets

- Chains **need to be hard** so that they don't snap

So?

PROBLEM: Ever had greasy hands trying to re-align a slipped chain?
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## A Good Contradiction is ~~Half~~ the Inventive Problem

- Both *.red[Objects]* above embody a CONTRADICTION.

- This is one of the Central Ideas in (classical TRIZ).

- CONTRADICTIONs can also exist in *.red[situations]* !

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![](images/chesterton-riddle.jpeg)

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## A TRIZ Worldview: A Metaphoric Language
- ***Big Idea :*** Generalized Problem: .orange["Your Problem has been solved somewhere else"], in a different DOMAIN in a different LANGUAGE
- So can there be a "common" "crossover" language?
  - How does a Plumber talk with a Heart Surgeon?
- Altshuller invented one, with **Metaphors**
  - 48 **TRIZ Metaphors** for **stating** the Problem Contradiction
  - 40 **TRIZ Metaphors** for **Inventive Principles**

]

- **.green[In Class**]: ***"Why is a Raven like a Writing Desk?"***
Reimagining ancient Objects using Metaphors(e.g. slide rule, 80-year old brass grinder...)

.footnote[https://www.dicardiology.com/content/blogs/explaining-cardiac-conditions-layman-using-old-house-analogy]
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## A TRIZ Worldview: Resources
- A Unique Way of looking at **.red[Available Resources]**

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- One Good way to do this is using the **Ishikawa Diagram**
- .red[Man, Material, Method, Management, Machinery (Ishikawa)]
  - This diagram is used **primarily** to assign **CAUSES**
  - .blue[But it conveniently lists all the] **.blue[Resources]**.
  
- What things create the compromise/tradeoff?
]

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## A TRIZ Worldview: Resources: .green[In Class]
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We are far richer than we realize!
  
  - ***.orange[Karl Duncker's Cognitive Games]***
  
  - <u>[Functional Fixedness](https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/functional-fixedness)</u> 
  - ***.darkblue[Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"]*** (Ch.7: "We spat ourselves dry")
  
  - ***Thinking Inside the Box***: ***.red[Ellen Domb's "The Titanic Role-Play Game"]***
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- <u>[Could Titanic have used the iceberg? PDF](https://www.metodolog.ru/triz-journal/archives/2003/03/g/07.pdf)</u>

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## A TRIZ Worldview: Ideal Final Result (IFR)
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- The **Ideal Final Result**

- A "Want my Cake and Have it Too" outlook
  
  - A uniquely TRIZ *no-compromise* formulation
  
  - A *solution* before **the** Solution
  - Focusses the Attention to specific regions of the Solution Space ( as we will see)
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- State an **Ideal Final Result**
- A basic principle of TRIZ is that systems evolve towards increased **ideality**, where ideality is defined as

`$$Ideality = Benefits / (Harm + Costs)$$`
- **Evolution** is in the direction of
 - ⬆ Increasing benefits
 - ⬇ Decreasing costs
 - ⬇ Decreasing harm
- IFR allows us to **invert the direction of the problem**: to come backwards from Solution towards the Situation
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## TRIZ Worldview: The Ideal Final Result: .green[In Class]
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***.green["Apollo 13"]***
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![](images/PostIt-Inventors.png)
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***.green["Who Invented the Post-It?"]***
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## A TRIZ Worldview: Contradictions
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- Problems -> Contradictions

- **Contradictions** exist at multiple levels
  - ***.blue[Administrative]***, or *plain English*. <u>[(Oh those Russians...)](https://www.forbesindia.com/article/recliner/oh-those-russians-boney-m/21642/1)</u>
  
  - ***.blue[Technical]*** (Using ***.orange[TRIZ Metaphors]***, as we'll see)
  
  - ***.blue[Physical]*** An Impossible Sounding Statement (using TRIZ Syntax)
  
- Ever heard of  <u>[Hiranyakashipu?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiranyakashipu)</u>
      
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.footnote[https://aliceinwonderland.fandom.com/wiki/Six_Impossible_Things]

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## TRIZ Workflow: How to Create a Contradiction

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- From the ***.orange[Ishikawa Diagram]***
- **One Parameter or Knob** for each **Resource** 
  
  - Each ***.orange[Knob]*** creates a Certain ***.orange[Outcome]*** at one ***.blue[Setting]***

- And another ***.orange[Outcome]*** at the ***.blue[Opposite Setting]***.

- This is the Source of your ***Administrative Contradiction*** (In plain English) !!

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.border[![Ishikawa Diagram](images/IshikawaDiagram2-386e9108096f4149b67cb5a803c45dd0.webp)]
- What resource-knobs can you control and manipulate?
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<u>https://www.opensourcetriz.com/teaching-materials.html</u>
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## So How Do TRIZ Contradictions Work?
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- ***AC***: State your Problem in "plain English"

- ***TC***: "Metaphorize" your Problem using ***.orange[48 TRIZ Parameters]***
  - Maybe more than one way!!
  
  
- Look up ***.orange[TRIZ Inventive Principles]*** for your Contradiction
  - You have say 4 **TRIZ Inventive Principles**
  
  
- "Un-metaphorize" them back into your problem
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- Ever used log tables? 
- Log-Addition is a ***"metaphor"*** for multiplication...no?
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## TRIZ Contradiction Matrix
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- Uses ***.orange[48 "TRIZ Standard" Parameters]***

- Sets off Contradictions,  each Parameter against the others

- ***.blue[48 X 48 matrix]***!

- Each Cell represents a "Generalized Problem"

- Each cell has ***.orange["TRIZ Inventive Principles"]***

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## TRIZ Contradictions and Inventive Principles: .green[In Class]

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- Both **Home Alone(1990)** and **Cast Away()** are great movies to interpret TRIZ ideas of **Resources**, **IFR**, and of course, **TRIZ Inventive Principles**.

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## TRIZ Workflow: Story #1: Meat Transportation

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- A meat plant owner in South America flies product to the United States. 
- Refrigeration is required during flight to keep the meat frozen. 
- Competition increased, Need to reduce delivery cost. 
- It became obvious that he must increase the amount of product per air shipment. 
- Refrigeration system... 
- CONTRADICTION: **How to increase shipment AND keep it frozen**?

He did exactly that. 
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- **Utilization of existing resources** Flying at an altitude of 15,000–25,000 feet *the air temperature is below 32 deg. F*, so no refrigeration system was actually needed.

![](images/cargo.jpg)
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## TRIZ Workflow: Story #2: Red Adair and Oil Well Fires

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- An oil well in Saudi Arabia exploded and caught fire.
- Initial efforts to extinguish it failed, 
- Famed firefighter Red Adair was called in.

- There was enough foam available at the site to do the job.
- The small hoses that were available could not shoot the foam quickly enough to do any good.

- CONTRADICTION: **How to use a Small Hose to spray Big Foam?**
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- Red Adair stationed men in a circle all around the fire, with all of the available small hoses. 
- When everyone was ready all of the hoses were opened up and foam was directed at the fire from all directions. In this way a huge amount of foam quickly struck the source of the fire. The blaze was extinguished, 
- The Saudis were satisfied that Red had earned his three million dollar fee.
- INVENTIVE PRINCIPLES: **Segmentation   
Excessive Action**
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## TRIZ Workflow: Formulate a Problem Description
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- Use your [*CULTURAL CAPITAL*](https://culturallearningalliance.org.uk/what-is-cultural-capital/) and your **DOMAINs** to write a PROBLEM in simple English
- Ask: **5W+H**
  - **What** does the problem seem to be?
  - **Who** has the problem?  
  - **When** does the problem occur? All the time? Under certain circumstances? 
  - **Where** does the problem occur? 
  - **Why** does the problem occur?(.small.orange["Ask why 5 times" -- W. Edwards Deming])
          - **How** does the problem occur?
]

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![](https://www.workfront.com/sites/default/files/images/articles/2018-07/Blog_Project-Management-101.png)

.small[- Ellen Domb, ["How to help TRIZ Beginners Succeed"](https://www.metodolog.ru/triz-journal/archives/1997/04/a/index.html)
- Adobe Workfront Blog, ["The 5 Ws (and 1 H) that should be asked of every project!"](https://www.workfront.com/blog/project-management-101-the-5-ws-and-1-h-that-should-be-asked-of-every-project) 
- [Cultural Learning Alliance: "What is Cultural Capital?"](https://culturallearningalliance.org.uk/what-is-cultural-capital/)
- ["Platform Creativity: Domain, Field, and Person"](https://medium.com/call4/domain-8a22b6b486f4)
- [Rudyard Kipling, "I Keep Six Honest Serving Men"](https://allpoetry.com/I-Keep-Six-Honest-Serving-Men)

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## TRIZ Workflow: Look the "Resources" and Causes
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To refine our Problem, what Resources do we have?
- One Good way to do this is using the **Ishikawa Diagram**
- Man, Material, Method, Management, Machinery (Ishikawa)
  - This diagram is used **primarily** to assign **CAUSES**
  - But it conveniently lists all the **Resources**.
  - What things create the compromise/tradeoff?
]

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## Case Studies

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## TRIZ Workflow: Case Study #1
### Wildlife Crossings Key to Highway Safety in Banff

![](https://discoverapega.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AB-BAN-2014-05.jpg)

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- Trans-Canada Highway that runs through the Rocky Mountains in Banff National Park 
- Built in the early 1950s
- Wasn’t expected to be the major artery it is today. 
- Park visitation increased, traffic volume surged—
- And so : ***.red[Roadkill...]***
]

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### TRIZ Workflow: Case Study #1: Wildlife Crossings in Banff

- **Knobs from the Ishikawa Diagram** (short list): 
  - Speed(H/L); Size of Animal(L/S); Number of Animals(L/S); Time of Migration(D/N);

- **Output**: Road Kill / Affects Animal Migration / Human Costs / Fast Journeys

- **.orange[AC]**: We want to drive at **high speed**, but **not kill migrating wild animals** (or endanger our vehicles).

]
  
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- **.orange[IFR]**: *"The Animals and Humans should use the Road at the Same Time"*
]
]

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### TRIZ Workflow: Case Study #1: Wildlife Crossings in Banff

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- **Technical Contradictions**: 
  - **TC1**: Increase ***.blue[Speed(9)]*** and not worsen ***.red[Duration of Action by Moving Object(15)]***
  
  - **TC2**: Improve ***.blue[Volume of Moving Object(7)]*** and not worsen ***.red[Loss of Time(25)]***
  
  - **TC3**: Improve ***.blue[Object affected by external harmful factors(30)]*** and not worsen ***.red[Duration of Action by Stationary Object(16)]***[see footnote]

]

![](https://arvindvenkatadri.com/project/triz-stuff/2022-12-20-triz-lawrence-of-arabia/matrix.png)
.footnote[Animals are stationary compared to the cars!!]

[Download the TRIZ Contradiction Matrix](https://av-quarto.netlify.app/content/materials/ContradictionMatrix2003.pdf)
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### TRIZ Workflow: Case Study #1: Wildlife Crossings in Banff

- **Technical Contradictions**: 
  - **TC1**: Increase ***.blue[Speed(9)]*** and not worsen ***.red[Duration of Action by Moving Object(15)]***
  
- **TC1**: Inventive Principles and their Interpretation:
  - **3(Local Quality)**: Local Quality? Parameter Change? Ok, change the road in some way...can't change all cars and definitely can't "change" animals!!
  
  - **19(Periodic Action)**: Something to be done repeartedly, but what?
  
  - **35(Parameter Change)**: Some aspect of the Road to be changed, but again... what parameter?
  
  - **5(Merging)**: ??

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### TRIZ Workflow: Case Study #1: Wildlife Crossings in Banff

- **TC2**: Improve ***.blue[Volume of Moving Object(7)]*** and not worsen ***.red[Loss of Time(25)]***
  
- **TC2**: Inventive Principles and their Interpretation:
  - **35(Parameter Change)**: hmm..suggested again. Which Parameter to change?
  
  - **18(Mechanical Vibration)**: What???? A Siren???
  
  - **34(Rejecting and Regenerating Parts)**: Hmm....Not particularly evocative...

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### TRIZ Workflow: Case Study #1: Wildlife Crossings in Banff

- **TC3**: Improve ***Object affected by external harmful factors(30)*** and not worsen ***Duration of Action by Stationary Object(16)***
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- **TC3**: Inventive Principles and their Interpretation:

- ***17(Another Dimension)!!!***: Go above or below!!!
  
  - 1(Segmentation): Pieces??
  
  - 40(Composite Materials): A Solution with Parts? Trees? Tar? Concrete? Paint?
  
  - 33(Homogeneity): Equal Opportunity??
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### TRIZ Workflow: Case Study #1: Wildlife Crossings in Banff
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<img src="images/AB-BAN-2014-05.jpg" width="532" />
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 Solution:
- **(17)Another Dimension + (35)Parameter Change + 3(Local Quality)** = Animal Bridge!!! (And Tunnels also in places)

- Also **33(Homogeneity)** = Equal Opportunity for Animals and Vehicles

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Inventive Principles have a curious way of "coalescing" in the end!!

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## TRIZ Workflow: Case Study: Spotify Ad
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## TRIZ Workflow: Case Study: Spotify Ad

- **Knobs** (short list): 
  - Travel Time(L/S); Purchase Time(L/S); Noise(Loud/Soft); Bargaining Talk(Long/Short)
- **Output**: Stress / Boredom / Waste of Time / Mom is Happy / Veggies
- **AC**: I want to chill, but Mom wants me to take her veggie shopping. I have to put up with waste of time and possibly boredom.

- **IFR**: *"I should go AND not go to the market at the same time"*
]
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- **TC**: From the 48 TRIZ parameters:

- **TC1**: Increase *Productivity(39)* and not worsen *Stress(11)*
  
  - **TC2**: Improve *Loss of Time(25)* and not worsen *Effect of External Harmful Factors(30)*
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## TRIZ Workflow: Case Study: Spotify Ad

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Inventive Principles:
- TC1: 10(Prior Action), 37(Thermal Expansion), 14(Spheroidality).....hmm, not very inspiring, unless 37 means *get angry with Mom* !! Never!!
- TC2: 35(Parameter Change), 18(Mechanical Vibration)!!, 34(Rejecting and Regenerating Parts). 
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Solution:
- 18(Mechanical Vibration) : Make noise of your own? 🔉 NA
- 35(Parameter Change): Change *Bargaining Talk* to *Sweet Sound*: Play music!!🎵
- Also 14(Spheroidality): Wear "spherical" headphones!!🎧! Create a "sound sphere"! Long shot!!

- SO: with Spotify on, I was **in the market, and not in the market** !! IFR achieved !! Ta Da !!
]

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## TRIZ Workflow: Case Study : Arc of the Diver

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- **AC**: When diving, the water may hurt the diver if they do not land properly. 
- **Knobs**: Water(Deep/Shallow); Dive(High/Low); Weight of Diver(H/L); Posture?
- **IFR**: For high water diving, water must be “hard” to support the diver and “soft” so as not to injure the diver. 
- **TC**: Try!!
- **PC**: The physical contradiction: The water must be hard and soft at the same time.

]

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- Solution: 
This contradiction is resolved by **Separating** the requirements **in space**: Saturate the water with air bubbles — the pool contains both air and water.

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### TRIZ Workflow: Case Study: Plastics in the Water

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- **AC**: 
  - Plastics are polluting the oceans
  - They are impossible to retrieve from there; 
  - 80% of all ocean plastics come from ~1600 rivers!
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![](https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2021/04/Plastic-river-inputs-Meijer-et-al.-2021-2048x1505.png)
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### TRIZ Workflow: Case Study: Plastics in the Water
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- **Knobs**: Rivers? Water? Flow? Humans? Plastic waste itself? Water craft(boats/ships..)

- **AC**: Plastics are polluting the oceans, they are impossible to retrieve from there; 80% of all ocean plastics come from ~1600 rivers!
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- **IFR**: Rivers must flow, but plastic must not.

- **PC**: The Plastics must be in the water AND not in the water at the same time.

- ( **Do we need "two kinds of water", then???**)
]

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### TRIZ Workflow: Case Study: Plastics in the Water

- **TC**: 
  - **TC1**: Increase *Volume of Stationary Object*(8) and not worsen *Object affected by external harmful factors*(30)
  - **TC2**: ??
  ]

- **IP34: Discarding and Recovering**? What can we discard in the water? Would we want to? Not sure...
  
  - **IP39: Inert Atmosphere**? In water? Ok..water must *not* flow in some places and be "inert" elsewhere. But how? Some blockage?
  
  - **IP19: Periodic Action**? Doing something again and again? What? Agitate the water? How?
  
  - **IP27: Cheap Short Living Objects**? In the water? What...
  
  **Wait....BUBBLES** !!!!
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## TRIZ Workflow: Case Study: The Great Bubble Barrier

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## TRIZ Workflow: Case Study #2: Bus Strikes in Japan

- **Strikes unfortunately hurt commuters**, who are **forced to empathize**

- Strikes ***do not directly "hurt the management"***...which is the intent!

- When drivers return, they are apologetic...maybe.

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### TRIZ Workflow: Case Study #2: Bus Strikes in Japan
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- **Knobs**: 
  - Drivers(Y/N); Commuters(Y/N); 
  - Schedules; Timings(OK/NOK); Time of Day
  - Fares; Routes; Tickets; Money; Change;
  - Types of Buses; Seats...
  
![](images/bus-strike.png)

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- **AC**: We want to strike against our employers, but they are not riding on the buses we drive !! Commuters are!!
- **TC**: Improve ***.blue[Force(10)]*** (of the Strike) and not worsen ***.red[Object generated Harmful Effects(31)]*** (on themselves nor on commuters)

- **"PC"**: Drivers must strike AND not strike at the same time! ( From whose **point of view** !! )

]

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## TRIZ Workflow: Case Study #2: Bus Strikes in Japan

**TC**: Improve ***.blue[Force(10)]*** ( i.e.of the Strike) and not worsen ***.red[Object generated Harmful Effects(31)]*** ( i.e. on themselves nor on commuters)
]

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- **IP13 (The Other Way Around!!)**: What points in one direction and can be turned around? Bus Routes? Ticket Transactions?

- **IP3 (Local Quality)**: Something should be different *inside* the bus!!

- **IP36 (Phase Transition**): Hmm..everybody involved must "change dramatically"...who? Commuters? Drivers ?

- **IP24 (Intermediary)**: Fuel Cost and Loss of Revenue as intermediary between striking staff and the company!
]

How can we use these metaphoric solutions...
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## TRIZ Workflow: Case Study: Bus Strikes in Japan
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Solution:

- FREE, FREE, FREE !! The Bus Ticket Transaction is **IP13 (The other way around)**! So Conductors *pay* commuters..by not charging!!

- Run buses properly on time! Use up Fuel and be on Time, but ***NO REVENUE*** ! That'll fetch the Managers! **IP24 (Intermediary)**

- Everybody in the Bus ***suddenly*** Sympathises! **IP36 (Phase Transition**) and **IP3 (Local Quality)**

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## TRIZ: My .green[In Class] Workflow Summary

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- Find a **PROBLEM** (Bourdieu, Csikszentmihalyi, David Foster Wallace)
- Look at **RESOURCES** (knobs) within the Problem and how they affect the situation (Open Source TRIZ)
  
- Turn the knobs to formulate a **ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRADICTION**
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- Specify an **IDEAL FINAL RESULT**
 
- Convert/metaphorize the **CONTRADICTION** into **TRIZ PARAMETER**s
 
- Look up the **TRIZ CONTRADICTION MATRIX**. Discover the **INVENTIVE PRINCIPLES** you might apply
 
- *Un-metaphorize* the **INVENTIVE PRINCIPLES** to apply them in a specific way in your problem and solve it!
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## And GenTRIZ? What are the Core Ideas?
### "Eureka On Demand": A "Triple" Suite of Tools:
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#### "Innovation Opportunity"
- ***.blue[9 Windows]***

- ***.blue[Most Valuable Parameter (MPV)]***

- ***.blue["Anti-Product" View]***
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- ***.orange[Function / Component / Interaction / Cost Analysis]***
- ***.orange[Function Ranking]***

- ***.orange[Cause Effect Chain Analysis ( CECA )]***
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- ***.red[Contradictions]***

- ***.red[Inventive Principles]***

- ***.red[76 Scientific Effects / Solutions]***
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## And GenTRIZ? What are the Core Ideas?
### "Eureka On Demand": A Full Suite of **Innovation Opportunity Tools**:

- Thinking in ***"System Operators"*** ( ***.blue[9 Windows]*** )

- The past, present, and future of a (problematic) System
  
  - The Sub-System, System, and Super-System

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|             | Past | Present | Future |
|-------------|------|---------|--------|
| SuperSystem |      |         |        |
| System      |      |         |        |
| Subsystem   |      |         |        |
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## GenTRIZ: Main Parameter of Value (MPV)
### "Eureka On Demand": A Full Suite of **Innovation Opportunity Tools**

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- Innovation = <span><i class="fas  fa-arrow-up faa-vertical animated "></i></span> Main Parameter of Value ( MPV )

- How to find the ***.blue[MPV]*** ?
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### MPV Discovery Table
| PARAMETERS  | Known | Unknown                           |
|-------------|-------|-----------------------------------|
| Unsatisfied |  MPV  | Latent MPV / Accepted Limitation! |
| Satisfied   |   PV  |               Tacit               |
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## And GenTRIZ? What are the Core Ideas?
"Eureka On Demand": A Full Suite of **Problem Identification Tools**:
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- ***.orange[Components + Function Analysis]***
  - Function: An action performed by one component to
change or maintain a parameter of Another component
- System: Acid-Corrosion Testing Tank for materials
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## And GenTRIZ? What are the Core Ideas?
"Eureka On Demand": A Full Suite of **Problem Identification Tools**:
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- ***.orange[Interaction Analysis]***

- System: Acid-Corrosion Testing Tank for materials

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|          	| Vessel 	| Acid 	| Specimen 	| Air 	| Gravity 	| Light 	| Scale 	| Oven 	|
|:--------:	|:------:	|:----:	|:--------:	|:---:	|:-------:	|:-----:	|:-----:	|:----:	|
|  Vessel  	|    X   	|  OK  	|    NO    	|  OK 	|    OK   	|   OK  	|   NO  	|  OK  	|
|   Acid   	|   OK   	|   X  	|    OK    	|  OK 	|    OK   	|   OK  	|   NO  	|  OK  	|
| Specimen 	|   NO   	|  OK  	|     X    	|  OK 	|    OK   	|   OK  	|   OK  	|  NO  	|
|    Air   	|   OK   	|  OK  	|    NO    	|  X  	|    OK   	|   OK  	|   OK  	|  OK  	|
|  Gravity 	|   OK   	|  OK  	|    OK    	|  OK 	|    X    	|   OK  	|   OK  	|  OK  	|
|   Light  	|   OK   	|  OK  	|    OK    	|  OK 	|    OK   	|   X   	|   OK  	|  OK  	|
|   Scale  	|   NO   	|  NO  	|    OK    	|  OK 	|    OK   	|   OK  	|   X   	|  NO  	|
|   Oven   	|   OK   	|  OK  	|    NO    	|  OK 	|    OK   	|   OK  	|   NO  	|   X  	|
|          	|        	|      	|          	|     	|         	|       	|       	|      	|
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## And GenTRIZ? What are the Core Ideas?
"Eureka On Demand": A Full Suite of **Problem Solution Tools**:
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- ***.red[Trimming]***
  - What parts of the System can be removed? 
      - Ranking
      
  - How can you justify their removal?
      - Unimpaired Functionality

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### So, Why Learn TRIZ?

- It contains the ***distilled inventive wisdom of humanity***

- Can confer super powers on the user

- Makes you believe in impossible things and make them happen
  - An enhanced world-view
  - Makes you a problem-solver
  - And a "thought leader" at the workspace, maybe?

- Be ready to be called "crazy" and get incredulous looks!(Personal Experience)
  
- And of course, there is money....and name and fame if you want it!

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## Finally: What will I add into my Course?

- Try to game-ify them!

- Real Life Examples
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- ***.blue[Most Valuable Parameter (MPV)]***

- ***.blue["Anti-Product" View]***
- ***.orange[Function / Component / Interaction / Cost Analysis]***

- ***.red[Trimming!]***

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#### My Contradiction / Challenge? 
  - How to turn Procedures/Processes into ***.green[Games in the Classroom]*** !!
  
  - What do I **TRIM** from the existing course !!

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Maurice Leloir (1851-1940)
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