How can we be creative in problem solving? Many try to develop a systematic way of stimulating creativity. Edward de Bono uses a number of methods to help inventors, such as "lateral thinking" and "six thinking hats". You will find more on creativity at the creativity page. Genrich Altshuller and his collegues are yet some others who seriously worked on inventive problem solving.

 

What is TRIZ

TRIZ is the Russian-language acronym for the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
It is a methodical way of examining inventive problems
It reaches different disciplines to solve problems

 

Founder of TRIZ

        Genrich Altshuller was a mechanical engineer who made his first invention at the age of 14 (for scuba diving). He worked in the patent department of the Russian navy, during the 1940s. He started working of TRIZ at the same time. He has 14 published books and a lot of technical papers. He was also the President of the TRIZ Association. He died on September 24, 1998.

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Genrich Altshuller

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