6 STEPS
1. Identify the problem
2. Consider a solution
3. Attempt to apply said solution
4. Fail Miserably
5. Repeat steps 1-3 until step 4 in no longer
observed
6. Fell like a genius
IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM
•What is the Problem?
•What are the possible causes?
•We do it every single day
CONSIDER A SOLUTION
Solutions to considerIntroduce a moving part
Transition into another dimension
Transform damage into use
Do it inversely
Change the physical state
Do it in advance Do a little less
Matreshka
Introduction of a second substance
Separation in
Space
Time
Structure
Break it into parts
Ask Quintilian's seven questions
Quis? Quid? Ubi? Quibus auxiliis?
Cur? Quomodo? Quando?
What?Who? Where? With what?
Why? How? When?
REPEAT
LEARN MORE…
Nostrorum Majorum Inventa Nosce DebemusWe have to know the inventions of our ancestors
Lateral Thinking TRIZ
It pays to study the discoveries of others so that we also find a new source for inventions
- Leibniz