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Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
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Operations
Eat the Frog
Purposedifferent
With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend60-120 min1-4 h15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
12-82-81
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Action Lists, Project List, Review RoutineContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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