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Ideation and creativity in R&D

Creativity in times of uncertainty

1 August, 2016

A sense of unease can have knock-on consequences on our ability to be creative and come up with new ideas, even in the nominally separate

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visualizing roadmaps

Visualizing Roadmaps: A Design-Driven Approach

8 June, 2016

The visual design of technology roadmaps greatly enhances their value as communication aids but this is being overlooked.

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Autonomy, support and guidance

Autonomy, support and guidance

16 May, 2016

If you manage scientists or engineers and want to foster their creativity this is the paper to read. It’s also a good one to give

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Identifying hidden needs: creating breakthrough products

11 May, 2016

Many organizations struggle to come up with novel product concepts as focus groups and surveys often fail to gain sufficient insight into the customer’s hidden

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How combinations of TRIZ tools are used in companies – results of a cluster analysis

11 May, 2016

Experienced TRIZ users and academics will find this paper stimulating, both for further theoretical understanding and also as a basis for further research.

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A review of TRIZ its benefits and challenges in practice

11 May, 2016

TRIZ provides a useful structure for thinking and brainstorming, enabling ideas to be developed more quickly. However it requires patience to understand it

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Koestler

Where do ideas come from?

2 May, 2016

People often think that being innovative means having a lot of ideas. But where do the ideas come from? The history of innovation is full

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Creativity: Theories and Themes: Research, Development, and Practice

1 May, 2016

Capturing an eclectic approach to creativity, Mark A. Runco discusses whether creativity is influenced by nature or nurture, personality and style research and how social

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Once upon a time…

8 April, 2016

Stories reinforce our models and understanding of how innovation works in a vivid way. Not for nothing do they form the staple diet of most

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‘How to’ statements

8 March, 2016

A useful tool in creative problem solving is the ‘how to’ statement which provides a powerful way of reframing the problem.

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TRIZ Toolkit

The challenge of applying TRIZ tool kit for ideation

4 February, 2016

TRIZ (the theory of inventive problem solving) provides a logical approach to developing creativity for innovation and inventive problem solving.

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Would an analogy help?

25 January, 2016

nalogies are a useful tool for creative problem solving, to help one move away from the obvious and to encourage ‘out of the box’ thinking.

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