Book tip: How to Deal with Failures – (The Smart Way): Anticipatory Failure Determination

Long out of print or only available electronically, two titles by Svetlana Visnepolschi are now available again in print: I am delighted to be the publisher of “How to Deal with Failures – (The Smart Way): Anticipatory Failure Determination” by Svetlana Visnepolschi in the 2nd edition. The book contains two titles: “How to Overcome Persistent … Read more

TRIZ Mastery Hub Expands with Support from MATRIZ Official

We are pleased to announce a significant development for the TRIZ Mastery Hub community: With the help of generous sponsorship from the International TRIZ Official Association – MATRIZ Official, the TRIZ Mastery Hub has been upgraded to the Business Plan for a full year. This upgrade enables several important enhancements: More learning resources With the … Read more

TRIZ learning posters: Level 1 knowledge at a glance

Have you ever tried to spontaneously explain the TRIZ innovation tools? That is now very easy: Jochen Wessner and Oliver Gerundt have created DIN A0-sized TRIZ learning posters, which I can now make publicly available. Originally created for Bosch training sessions, each poster breaks down a TRIZ Level 1 tool – such as ideality, contradictions … Read more

Personal aha moment with a perception map

In my workshops, different stakeholders often come together and so far I had of course perceived their feedback, but never sorted it. With the help of perceptual mapping, you can how consumers perceive different offers visualize in a diagram. This gave me new insights that I would like to share here: To apply the perception … Read more

TRIZ Developers Summit: October 15-17, 2025 online

The Conference of the TRIZ Developers Summit will be held in online format on October 15-17, 2025 from 12:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m. MSK. Anyone who is interested in modern TRIZ and its development can take part for free. Registration is required. The requests for the Conference reports are accepted in Russian or English until … Read more

TRIZ Miro-Template

Using Miro? TRIZ Project Level 1 Template is now available on Miroverse for everybody. The TRIZ Project template guides users through a complete TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) project, covering the initial, analytic, creative, and consolidation phases. It helps ensure a structured, efficient workflow from problem analysis to solution development. The template is ideal … Read more

TRIZ and AI: TRIZ Contradiction Solver

Dr. Jens Träger has developed a new custom GPT for solving technical and physical contradictions: “TRIZ Contradiction Solver and Inventive Principles is a specialized GPT for systematic innovation and problem solving according to the TRIZ methodology. It analyzes technical challenges, identifies technical and physical contradictions and develops innovative solutions using the Altshuller matrix, the 2003 … Read more

76 Standard Inventive Solutions (English) as Kindle ebook

“76 Standard Inventive Solutions” by Robert Adunka serves as supplementary material for the ‘TRIZ Level 2 – Advanced Course’ and  is based on the guidelines of MATRIZ Official and the European TRIZ-Campus. After an introduction to the substance-field analysis, it offers a detailed overview of the 76 standard inventive solutions. Each solution is provided with … Read more