BioTriz - bio-inspired design

Workshops

Objectives

• To introduce the fundamental strategic innovation theory and its practical applications.
• To provide a guide for forecasting changes in industry and to be ready to new market demands.
• To assist businesses in problem solving and R&D, and in conversion of present technology into "green and clean".

Participants learn:

• How to state the problem in the most efficient way and chose the relevant context.
• How to use the breakthrough problem solving technology.
• Apply the method to the company challenge  (product development, engineering, marketing, managerial, etc).
• To predict future technologies and markets learning method for technology forecast.
• To minimise design risk: find the failure before it happens.

The course includes:

• Comprehensive notes
• Lunches and refreshments (if is held in Bath)
• Certificate of attendance

Workshops offer :

We believe that almost anyone can benefit from using the basic tools and techniques and that sufficient competence to work independently can be gained during our workshop.

The workshops aim to reach real solutions by the end of the three days. Bringing a multi-functional group from one company both adds to the synergy of discussions and can be important in getting buy-in for any solutions that get taken up.
Our fees are per workshop and include notes and reference material for each participant. We can hold the workshop at your premises or we can arrange accommodation in Bath where we have discounted fees at local hotels. The centre of Bath is an ideal place for walking around in the evenings after the workshop finishes, although it usually happens that we act as guides and the discussions continue over a meal.

However, if your company wants to test the water first we can run an introductory one day course that will explain the tools and techniques.

For all attendees the tutors are available by phone or email for your questions after the course.

The content and delivery of all our workshops has been discussed with and approved by Dr. Vissarion Sibiryakov who was one of the 50 original ‘TRIZ Masters’ nominated by Genrich Altshuller himself. Some of the course tutorials were designed together with TRIZ specialist Dr. Ljudmila Semyonova.

Use it or lose it!

Like all tools BioTRIZ works best when you use it often.

When you have a group of people familiar with this method the next step is to take an advanced course in order to act as a mentor to the others.

 

Workshop topics:

Theory of invention
• Overview of common innovative design techniques
• Algorithm for making inventions
Problem solving in design, manufacturing and management: key concepts for problem modelling
• Setting up a problem: context and ideal final result
• Types of conflicts in design: how to detect them
• Functional Analysis
• Substance-Field Analysis

Problem solving in design, manufacturing and management: key concepts for problem resolution
• Conflicts in design: how to resolve them
• Separation principles
• Resources for change
Algorithm for generating novelty: inventive principles and standards
• Tools for product development
• 40 Inventive principles and 76 standards for problem resolution
Psychology of invention
• Dead-ends, barriers of perception and psychological inertia
• Psychological methods to assist problem solving techniques: Size-Time-Cost, Smart Little
People, Box-For-Talented-Thinking
Principles of Eco-design
• Definition of eco-design
• Passive and active strategies
• Sustainability and waste reduction
Evolution of technology: how to be ahead on the market
• Product design directed evolution: Laws and Trends
• Technology forecast, future markets
• Practical use of S-curves
Why some good inventions never become innovations?
• How to assess some of the risks of investments in business to minimise design risk
• Innovation on the market: how to be in the right place at the right time offering the right product
• Where to look for clients: adverts, prices, stakeholders.
Sabotage analysis: how to find failure before it “finds” us?
• Some systems are not meant to work together
• Failure prevention strategies