A high-ranking student in a military academy was assigned the thesis: “The influence of the evolution of military strategies on artillery development.” Six months later he asked for permission to change the thesis to: “The influence of artillery development on the evolution of military strategies.” His research had shown that the evolution of artillery had influenced military strategies, rather …
Who is the president of USA? Easy, isn’t it. Next question. How can we get a tyre that works well on good roads ( smooth performance ) as well as on rough roads ( good grip)? That’s difficult, isn’t it. More importantly, answering this question does not require the same skill as answering ‘Who is …
In the last post we saw the difference between two approaches to R&D – ‘What is possible’ ( Science) versus ‘What is needed’ ( technology). Let us move to the marriage terms between S&M and R&D. There are two types of errors in new technology business. In the type 1 error, the business strategy assumes incorrectly …
Most of us use the terms research and design, or science and technology, as synonyms. It would be useful to see the connections and also divergence between these. Science is curiosity driven. The researcher could not be concerned about possible end applications. Kroemer, the Noble prize winner for developing semi-conductor hetrostructures in high speed …
TRIZ has a special relationship with R&D. All its tools and concepts provide great benefits for R&D, but two of them merit special mention – S Curve and Trends of evolution of technlogy. S curve is not a TRIZ tool, but is leveraged well by TRIZ. Trends of technology is exclusively a TRIZ find.The S …
Are all innovation scenarios same? Will one model work for all. Surely, no. In one scenario, you have a blank canvas to start with but also a directive to achieve something distinct at the end of the journey. Typically, this is when you wish to create some product or service for the future which …
Innovation is associated with a search for unusual methods and projects for significantly good results. Sure, do that. But before you get to the ‘search for unusual and new’, is there something you can do with the usual and the old for quite similar results? Yes, before you jump to new ways to making …
In the last post, we saw that there are different types of risks in innovation projects. Let us see how far can we de-risk. And, how. Risks are due to you not being able to predict the future course of things correctly. This assumes that the future course was predictable. E.g. the future of any …
Are innovation risks of different kinds? Well, since there are several types of innovations, there are several types of risks. Will you actually be able to make the product you’ve set out to? If so, will you be able to market it economically? If so, will the customer see enough value in it? On 25 May …