Reversal (Inversion) as a creative problem solving technique
Reversal (Inversion) as a heuristic method to stimulate creativity
1. Authors
Carl Jacobi, Alex Osborn, Bob Eberle, John R. Dixon, Charles Thompson, Edward de Bono, Anatoliy...
Lotus Blossom Technique
Lotus Blossom - a creative technique for generating new ideas
1. Authors
Thomas Eliot, Yasuo Matsumura, Michael Michalko
2. History
This method was first applied by Thomas Eliot...
40 Inventive Principles in classical and modern TRIZ
40 Inventive Principles for resolving
technical contradictions
Genrich Altshuller discovered forty patterns of inventive solutions, known as 40
Inventive Principles. (TRIZ – Theory of Inventive Problem Solving).
The analysis...
TRIZ – method of enhancing creativity and generating breakthrough innovations
TRIZ - Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
Etymology and abbreviations
TRIZ is the Russian acronym for the "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving" (literally: "theory of the...
Mind Mapping for creativity and innovation
Mind Mapping techniques for creative
problem solving
1. Author
Tony Buzan (2 June 1942 – 13 April 2019) was a British writer, researcher and educational...
The Six Thinking Hats as a tool for creativity and innovation
The Six Thinking Hats for creative problem solving
1. Author
Edward de Bono (born May 19, 1933, Malta), was a British psychologist and writer, physician and...
Wishful Thinking – creativity technique for breakthrough innovation
Wishful Thinking as a tool
for Creative Problem Solving
1. Author
Arthur Van Gundy (May 24, 1946 – May 5, 2009) was an American communication professor, psychologist,...
Lateral thinking technique – effective tool for creative problem solving
Lateral thinking technique as insight, innovation and creativity
1. Author
Edward de Bono (born May 19, 1933, Malta), was a British psychologist, writer, physician, inventor, expert...
Metaphor technique for creative problem solving
Metaphor technique
1. Description
Metaphor technique consists in creating new possibilities, means and solutions by discovering and suggesting similarities between a problem or focal object...
Analogy technique as a tool for creative problem solving
Analogy technique
1. Authors: W. Gordon (1961), E. de Bono (1970).
2. History
W. Gordon began to use analogy as an effective method for creative problem...
Free Association – creative technique
Free Association as a creative problem-solving method
1. History
The free association method or associative experiment was first used by Francis Galton and Wilhelm Wundt in...
Five Why – interrogative technique
Five Why Method
1. Author: Sakichi Toyoda (1867 –1930), Japanese inventor and industrialist, who is referred to as the "King of Japanese Inventors".
2. History
The technique...