North of England Transformation Network Meeting Notice

[Winlow Alan <alan.winlow@marshalls.co.uk>]

Are you wanting to improve the innovation of product and service in your
organisation? 

Are you seeking innovation in your processes? 

and just what is the Russian theory for inventive problem solving?

Come along to our meeting on the 22nd of November to find out more. See
attachment for details.

Can I suggest that where appropriate you print out the attachment and place
it on a notice board.

Best wishes,
Alan

 <<22.11.01 meeting notice.doc>> 

Moderator's Note:  We do not process attachments for bandwidth and safety
reasons - so I have posted the text of Alan's doc below.  If you have a handy
notice board, contact Alan for the color original for posting.



north of england transformation network

Thursday 22 November 2001
TRIZ AND THE FOUR 
PRONGS OF QUALITY
Exploring inventive problem solving with Darrell Mann
Kirkdale Conference Centre*


Dr W Edwards Deming described innovation of product and service and innovation of process as the two most important activities for a sustainable business. Generally speaking, organisations are not very good at either.
According to the Russian theory of inventive problem solving, TRIZ: -
·	the world's patents have come from just 40 inventive principles
·	exactly the same principles apply when solving non-technical problems
·	the strongest solutions emerge when we don't accept compromises and trade-offs (usually we do)
·	the strongest solutions emerge when we make best use of available resources (usually we don't)
·	technology evolution trends are highly predictable
TRIZ is an extremely potent systematic innovation tool, already being used to powerful effect by companies like Lockheed-Martin, Rolls-Royce, Unilever, Dow Chemical, 3M, Samsung, LG Electronics, Philips and Ford. The method is beginning to be taught at a number of leading edge educational establishments for both technical and business applications, and in a very short space of time has become a 'core competence' method at several companies.
TRIZ is the result of the largest study of human creativity ever conducted. Although it is a method with significant depth, the session will enable attendees to leave with both an appreciation of the method and a working knowledge of some of the basic tools.
The interactive session will come crammed full of real case study examples, based on a course recently presented at the London Business School.
Darrell Mann
Darrell Mann will run the session. Darrell is one of the West's leading TRIZ educators, users and developers. He works with a number of companies either teaching or problem solving using TRIZ, he uses TRIZ to develop and licence novel product innovations, and is a founder member of the European TRIZ Association, an organisation aiming to ensure the successful future evolution of the method. He is the author of over 80 papers, patents and patent applications based on TRIZ, and is a regular contributor to the on-line TRIZ Journal.


*Kirkdale Conference Centre in Brighouse West Yorkshire, close to Junction 25 of the M62. 
 Access for coffee and networking, is available from 08.30
 Meeting starts at 10.00  - Lunch is provided from 13.00 - The meeting will close by 14.00 
 Non-members are welcome to attend, the charge for this including lunch is £25

Information relating to the group can be found at our website www.net2.org.uk

Please confirm your attendance to Alan Winlow. Alan can be contacted at alan@winlow.fsnet.co.uk  
tel. 01709 893176, fax 01709 888275

How to find the venue:
Exit the M62 motorway at Junction 25 and take the road towards Brighouse. In approximately 800 yards at the 30mph signs the Kirkdale Conference Centre sign can be seen on the left. Turn to the left and go to the end of the road. Turn right onto Armytage Road and the car park for the centre is on the right.