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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part I: Getting Started with TRIZ
• Chapter 1: Going from Zero to TRIZ
• Getting to Know TRIZ
• Starting Your TRIZ Journey
• Mastering TRIZ
• Chapter 2: Understanding the Fundamental TRIZ Philosophy
• Thinking TRIZ
• Understanding the TRIZ Philosophy
• Being Systematic and Creative
• Part II: Opening Your TRIZ Toolbox
• Chapter 3: Solving Contradictions with the 40 Inventive Principles
• Uncovering and Understanding Unresolved Conflicts
• Solving Technical Contradictions
• Getting to Grips with Physical Contradictions
• Clever Tricks to Outsmart Contradictions: Using the 40 Inventive Principles
• Chapter 4: Applying the Trends of Technical Evolution
• Looking More Closely at the Trends
• Applying the Trends
• Applying the Trends More Generally
• Using the Trends to Create Strong Patents
• Chapter 5: Improving Ideality by Using Resources
• Understanding the Ideality Equation: How TRIZ Defines Value
• Understanding the Links Between Benefits, Functions and Solutions
• Thinking Resourcefully
• Chapter 6: Using the TRIZ Effects Database
• Thinking Innovatively with the Prism of TRIZ
• Using the Database of Scientific Effects
• Inventing with TRIZ
• Part III: Thinking Like a Genius
• Chapter 7: Breaking Psychological Inertia with the TRIZ Creativity Tools
• Recognising Psychological Inertia
• Appreciating the Benefits of Psychological Inertia
• Beating Psychological Inertia
• Understanding and Solving Problems Using Smart Little People
• Stretching Your Thinking with Size–Time–Cost
• Chapter 8: Thinking in Time and Scale
• Stretching Your Thinking in Time and Scale
• Understanding Problems in Time and Scale
• Finding Novel Solutions in Time and Scale
• Learning to Think in Time and Scale
• Chapter 9: Living in Utopia (then Coming Back to Reality)
• Defining the Ideal Outcome
• Taking a Step Towards Reality with Ideal Systems
• Making Sensible Decisions by Considering All Benefits, Costs and Harms
• Chapter 10: Problem Solving and Being Creative with Others
• Going for What You Really Want
• Thinking in Extremes
• Being Persistent in the Face of Failure
• Sharing and Developing Ideas with Other People
• Part IV: Understanding, Defining and Solving Difficult Problems with TRIZ
• Chapter 11: Applying the TRIZ Problem-Solving Process
• Logically and Systematically Solving Problems
• Climbing the Problem-Solving Steps
• Defining your problem correctly
• Generating Solutions
• Ranking and Developing Solutions
• Solving Difficult Problems Effectively in a Team
• Chapter 12: Getting to Grips with Your Problems with Function Analysis
• Making Complex Problems Simple
• Building a Function Analysis Diagram
• Uncovering Conflicts: Putting Contradictions in Context
• Understanding How Everything Fits Together
• Using Function Analysis
• Chapter 13: Solving Problems using the TRIZ Standard Solutions
• Defining a Subject–action–Object
• Categorising Problems
• Dealing with Harmful Actions
• Improving Insufficient Actions
• Measuring and Detecting
• Applying the Standard Solutions
• Chapter 14: Trimming for Elegant, Low-Cost Solutions
• Making Things Better and Cheaper
• Creating Elegant Solutions
• Trimming to Infinity and Beyond
• Trimming to Create Strong Intellectual Property
• Part V: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 15: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid
• Thinking TRIZ Doesn’t Apply to You
• Waiting for the ‘Right’ Problem
• Starting Too Big
• Tackling Problems for Which You Can’t Implement Solutions
• Tackling Problems without Involving the Problem Owner
• Trying to Solve Problems When You Don’t Understand the Issue or the Technology
• Trying to Solve Problems When You Lack Crucial Knowledge
• Working on a Problem That’s Already Been Solved
• Undertaking TRIZ by Stealth
• Giving Up Too Soon
• Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Getting Started with TRIZ
• Learn It
• Use It
• Start Small
• Attend a Workshop
• Think and Talk TRIZ
• Find a Friend
• Fail Safely
• Be Bold
• Fail Better
• Reflect
• Part VI: Appendixes
• Appendix A: The 40 Inventive Principles
• Inventive Principle 1: Segmentation
• Inventive Principle 2: Taking Out
• Inventive Principle 3: Local Quality
• Inventive Principle 4: Asymmetry
• Inventive Principle 5: Merging
• Inventive Principle 6: Multi-Function
• Inventive Principle 7: Nested Doll
• Inventive Principle 8: Counterweight
• Inventive Principle 9: Prior Counteraction
• Inventive Principle 10: Prior Action
• Inventive Principle 11: Cushion in Advance
• Inventive Principle 12: Equal Potential
• Inventive Principle 13: The Other Way Round
• Inventive Principle 14: Spheres and Curves
• Inventive Principle 15: Dynamism
• Inventive Principle 16: Partial or Excessive Action
• Inventive Principle 17: Another Dimension
• Inventive Principle 18: Mechanical Vibration
• Inventive Principle 19: Periodic Action
• Inventive Principle 20: Continuous Useful Action
• Inventive Principle 21: Rushing Through
• Inventive Principle 22: Blessing in Disguise
• Inventive Principle 23: Feedback
• Inventive Principle 24: Intermediary
• Inventive Principle 25: Self-service
• Inventive Principle 26: Copying
• Inventive Principle 27: Cheap, Short-Living Objects
• Inventive Principle 28: Replace Mechanical System
• Inventive Principle 29: Pneumatics and Hydraulics
• Inventive Principle 30: Flexible Membranes and Thin Films
• Inventive Principle 31: Porous Materials
• Inventive Principle 32: Colour Change
• Inventive Principle 33: Uniform Material
• Inventive Principle 34: Discarding and Recovering
• Inventive Principle 35: Parameter Change
• Inventive Principle 36: Phase Changes
• Inventive Principle 37: Thermal Expansion
• Inventive Principle 38: Boosted Interactions
• Inventive Principle 39: Inert Atmosphere
• Inventive Principle 40: Composite Structures
• Appendix B: The Contradiction Matrix
• Appendix C: The 39 Parameters of the Contradiction Matrix
• Appendix D: The Separation Principles
• Appendix E: The Oxford TRIZ Standard Solutions
• Solutions for Dealing with Harms
• Solutions for Improving Insufficiency
• Solutions for Detection and Measurement
• About the Author
• Cheat Sheet
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement