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Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
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Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Purposedifferent
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.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.
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Timedifferent
1-4 h10-20 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-84-100+2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist
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InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
IdeationInnovationCreativity
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Round Robin Brainstorming
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Contradiction Analysis
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