(Pivot Management Consultants: Upland, CA) -- TRIZ (pronounced “treez”) is an innovative problem-solving method based on logic and data analysis that accelerates your ability to solve difficult problems creatively. TRIZ provides repeatability, predictability, and reliability due to its structure and algorithmic approach. TRIZ is a Russian acronym for the “theory of inventive problem solving,” which was developed by G. S. Altshuller and his colleagues in the former Soviet Union between 1946 and 1985. The methodology has been expanded by a global community of TRIZ practitioners.

TRIZ relies on the study of the patterns of problems and solutions, not on the spontaneous and intuitive creativity of individuals or groups. During the formulation of TRIZ methodology, more than three million patents and case studies were analyzed to decipher the patterns that predict breakthrough solutions to the difficult problems that modern organizations face.

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