Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The engineers had statistics, charts, specifications for all sorts of things…and I was there to facilitate the team through Innovation Models to develop a solution to this vibrating screw. At the end of day 3 we were all losing patience and we felt it was hopeless…so I said f**k it and tried the following version of the Miracle Question.

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TRIZ Team Root Cause Analysis Team Building 146

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I am really excited to be offering this workshop through Buffalo Business First and Canisius Center for Professional Development. Problem solvers are required to quickly provide solutions to increasingly complex problems, develop and design new and innovative products and processes – and at the same time, reduce operating time and costs.

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TRIZ Innovation Workshop Hotels 102

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2011

12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). From a series of Team Development and Leadership workshops I led for the Simon School, University of Rochester. From a series of Team Development and Leadership workshops I led for the Simon School, University of Rochester. 12/30/11 – Blog article.

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TRIZ Team Simon Workshop 110

Mike Cardus

MAY 10, 2011

Nine windows is often used in TRIZ (The theory of inventive problem solving) to explore solutions to a problem in a context of past present and future. Nine-Windows in human system i.e. team building & leadership, can be used as a planning tool. Exploring the solution as a system is vital in breaking psychological constipation.

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Tools Quality TRIZ System 139

Mike Cardus

MAY 25, 2021

And the Miracle Question, as initially developed by Steve de Shazer, is framed the following way. We did some TRIZ tools, and we did some creative-problem-solving tools and some solution-focused tools. SOLVEDcards – O bservation. Then we go into Observation questions. A classic observation question is the Miracle Question.

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Innovation TRIZ Airlines Analysis 158

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Thinking through TRIZ (theory of inventive problem solving). Using SOLVED to develop pattern recognition and building multiple experiences will increase your work complexity and skills to make sense of unknown and unknowable challenges. . This feeling has always been there, and covid19 has made it more obvious. SOLVED CARDS.

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TRIZ Team Construction Video 118

QAspire

MAY 31, 2015

Last week, I was invited as a guest on PeopleMatters #TChat (Twitter chat) on the topic of developing critical thinking muscle within the organization and the role of learning and development. Q2:How can Critical Thinking be developed? Don’t forget traditional problem solving tools –5Why, TRIZ, etc & go beyond.

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TRIZ Diversity Learning-by-Doing Skills 70

Mike Cardus

MARCH 19, 2013

Canisius College’s Center for Professional Development and I are offering. Organizations that wish to remain competitive in the business environment must develop their capacity to generate creative ideas and then use their talent well to transfer these ideas into innovative practices. Thinking Through Innovation.

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Innovation Creativity Participative Business Model 107

Mike Cardus

APRIL 6, 2012

I serve on the ASQ Human Development & Leadership Division Board as the Education Chair, ASQ Buffalo NY Section as the Community Liaison. ASQ The Global Voice of Quality , published one of my articles ‘Quality Tools to Discover Solutions: Nine Windows’ in the Idea Creation Tools and Problem Solving Tools , Knowledge Center.

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Tools Quality Education Globalization 74

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The SME deck is to be developed in two months, with weekly two hours meetings, on-line or face to face depending on the location of my clients. Leadership. 2) Implement a leadership model that balances your four type of competences of the leadership team (spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical). 20 SME Steps.

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Deming SWOT Root Cause Analysis TRIZ 28

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 21, 2013

I have written about DTC Operator before here and here. Plus I just gave a talk about Innovation Tools and made the PowerPoint below. Innovation Tool: DTC Operator from Michael Cardus.

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Operations Cost Tools Innovation 112