| Next Step Associates |
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| 31-10-2003 |
Announcing our impending World Tour 2004! We are planning a start in London, moving across to Seattle in April, and then Hawaii, Melbourne, Cairns and Hong Kong We are going to be engaging lead businesses and public organisations, large and small, in how to make thinking Strategic, using TRIZ and other Innovation Process Tools we have developed. Topics covered will include: Innovation and Six Sigma - How to go way beyond the Sixth level of fault removal. Innovation, Morality and Corporate Social Responsibility - getting beyond Values and Ethics and Solving real moral contradictions. Innovation and Strategy - Making Innovation work throughout your business. Innovation and Science and the Public - getting your science right and being able to get the value across in a simple way. |
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| 31-10-2003 |
This website redeveloped. |
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| 31-10-2003 |
We are finishing another book called Choices, ("brilliant"
says Prof Steve Ericson-Cousteau of Hawaii)
which tackles the why we do, and why we do not, make choices.
Other reviews so far from our friends and advisors are that this is
an important book, with topics
presented in our usual easy to read and understand style! Future books include a cook book (which will be so different from your usual cookbook); but before we release this we need to get it safety checked! We are working with a top London Restaurant to have this as their own brand cookbook, so watch this space. |
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| 31-10-2003 |
We have been lead speakers and workshop presenters in a
wide range of events this year,
from the Staverton Conference on Innovation, for the
International Association of Facilitators to a
special network in London called Ahaa!
The IAF workshop was one of the most challenging ever,
with people acting as mirrors to mirrors of thinking.
In fact we had 5 levels of reflection going on at once!
The comments included "Wonderful", and "Scary!" |
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| 28-02-2003 |
The Book Our book about invention is now published by Spiro, tel 0870 400 1000 from UK or try Amazon.com! You can have a look at a bit of a chapter on this web site. The book is co-authored by Graham Rawlinson (Psychologist) and David Straker (Engineer). You will find everything you want on the psychology, the science and the process of innovation, including a 7 Step Process which we believe simplifies TRIZ (click the Process button above) for everyone - it means TRIZ is not just for engineers but is a way of thinking about anything you might want to do! You may be interested in the fact that David wrote most of the psychology stuff and Graham wrote most of the science stuff! Maybe that is why people say it is so easy and interesting to read. The book ISBN is 1 904298 87 7 Quotes so far on "How to Invent Almost Anything": Ellen Domb, editor, The TRIZ Journal and US TRIZ trainer and facilitator "TRIZ students will find many parts of "How to Invent (Almost) Anything" very useful. The chapter on TRIZ is succinct, and includes all the basic techniques of TRIZ. I really liked a lot of the approaches, and several I had never seen before and will start using right away. The sections on logical tools and scientific analysis methods are excellent companions to TRIZ, and incorporate the TRIZ concepts of using available resources, while showing the reader how to be technically creative about what is available and what is a resource. "How to Invent" is an exciting addition to the literature of TRIZ in English." George Prince (Founder of Synectics Inc., a USA and World Creativity and Innovation Consultancy which Graham used to work for) "I found the book both light-hearted and profound. It deals with complex subjects with clarity and converts the complex into understandable fundamentals I can readily use as tools to see a problem in a different light. TRIZ is a powerful, proven invention tool and this is a wonderfully useable introduction to it." Vincent Nolan, former Chairman, Synectics Ltd., author of Open to Change (1981), The Innovators Handbook (1989) and, with Martin Brooks, The Changemakers Toolkit (1996) "An exciting integration of the art of scientific analysis and the science of creativity." Jeffrey Hyman, Director, The Innovation Exchange, RHM "This is a very important book. It sums up the essence of inventiveness in a way that all others have failed to thus far." Paul Birch, Innovation Consultant and former Corporate Jester for British Airways "If you really want to invent something, whatever it is, then read this book!" Ian Mitchell, Senior Design Engineer, Ilford Ltd "This is a well written book covering scientific analysis and the psychology and methods associated with the way we solve problems. These subjects are presented in a clear, concise and thought provoking manner. I would not hesitate in recommending it to anyone who has to solve problems on a daily basis." Andre de Zanger, Head of The Creativity Institute, New York "It’s great!" |
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