Tools for Solving Difficult Problems: A TRIZ Workshop on Contradictions & Inventive Principles Are you constantly making trade-offs? 🤔
"To go faster, we have to compromise on quality." "To add more features, we have to make the product more complex." "To personalize for customers, we have to increase costs."
What if you didn't have to choose? What if you could break through the contradiction and get the best of both?
In this highly interactive, 2-hour workshop, you'll be introduced to TRIZ—the powerful "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving." We'll move beyond theory and dive straight into practical tools that help you dissect tough problems and generate innovative solutions.
TRIZ, born from the analysis of thousands of patents, provides a repeatable process for breakthrough thinking.
A note for Liberating Structures practitioners: The "LS TRIZ" you know is a fantastic exercise for identifying what to stop. The classical TRIZ we're covering is the extensive source material—a complete system for discovering what to start to create innovative solutions.
This session is perfect for you if you're a: Product Manager, Founder, Consultant, Engineer, Designer, or anyone who wrestles with complex challenges and wants a better way.
Agenda:
17:00 Doors open
17:30 Dinner
18:30 Welcome & start of the session
• The Problem with Trade-Offs & The TRIZ Mindset
• Interactive Game: "Separation Superheroes"
• Tool Deep-Dive: The Business Matrix & 40 Principles
• Hands-On Sprint: Apply TRIZ to a real challenge
20:30 Key Takeaways
21:00 Closing drinks
No prior knowledge of TRIZ is needed. Just bring your curiosity!
Why Attend? This isn't just another brainstorming session. You'll leave with a structured, repeatable process and two concrete tools you can use the very next day to tackle difficult problems and stop compromising for good. 30-10-2025 17:00
