TRIZ is the Russian acronym for Theory of Inventive Problem Solving TRIZ in its classical form was developed by the Soviet inventor and science fiction writer Genrich Altshuller and his associates. He started developing TRIZ in 1946 while working in the “Inventions Inspection” department of the Caspian Sea flotilla of the Soviet Navy. His job Read More …
Recently, The San Francisco Business Times presented Mark with a “Bay Area’s Most Admired CEO Award.” Fast Company has recognized him in its “Who’s Next” column, and TechShop received the EXPY Award, given to the “experience stager of the year.” TechShop, a do-it-yourself workshop and fabrication studio with six locations open and hundreds more planned Read More …
Dr. Gary Klein joins Doug Miles on “Book Talk” to talk about his book “Seeing What Others Don’t” (www.dougmilesmedia.com). I am a REALLY big fan of Dr. Klein and his latest book, Seeing What Others Don’t: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights, is not an exception. The interview above is a good overview of what Read More …
Inspired by a family lineage of inventors dating back five generations, Sarah Miller Caldicott, a descendant of Thomas Edison, innovation author and CEO of Power Patterns has been engaged in creativity and innovation throughout her life. Sarah spent the first 15 years of her 25-year career as a Marketing executive with Global 500 firms including Read More …
This year-old startup, ApRecs, is trying to qualify for the Chase Mission Main Street Grant. They are on a quest to bring technology to the Agriculture Industry, and specifically to Tree Fruit Growers. They would like to accelerate product development that will put what is developed in Washington State as the standard for the global Read More …
I interviewed Jeff Anderson the catalyst behind the Lean Change Method for next week’s Business901 podcast. More information is available about the Lean Change Method at http://agileconsulting.blogspot.com/. Jeff leads the Deloitte Lean market offering, providing advisory, transformation, and change management services to software technology based organizations, helping them transform through the use of agile and Read More …