The document outlines a brainstorming workshop aimed at developing profitable strategies for the energy storage and smart-grid industries, focusing on key challenges and innovative solutions. It details a structured ideation process that includes group activities to tackle issues such as reliance on government subsidies and improving storage technologies. The ultimate goal of the workshop is to create a self-sustaining industry by encouraging collaboration and systematic problem-solving.

1. CHARGED 2020
The Global Energy Storage Forum 2010
30 June-1 July, San Diego-USA
Driving sustainable innovation along the energy storage and
smart-grid value chain
Brainstorming Workshop
Developing Successful Strategies Towards Becoming a Profitable,
Self-Sustaining Industry
Mark Mack & Murli Nathan
DestinHaus LLC

2. Charged2020: The Global Energy Storage Forum
Brainstorming Workshop
Developing Successful Strategies Towards Becoming
a Profitable, Self-Sustaining Industry
Facilitated by
Mark Mack & Murli Nathan
DestinHaus LLC
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Wednesday 30 June 2010, University of San Diego Shaping the Present to Create a Better Future

3. Developing Successful Strategies Towards Becoming a
Profitable, Self-Sustaining Industry
• During this workshop, we will look at the key challenges faced by the
industries along the energy storage and smart-grid value-chains
• Using the collective power of cross-functional teams from different parts of
the value-chain, we will brainstorm to identify the important issues and come
up with creative, relevant solutions.
• Examples of issues include:
– Reliance on government subsidies
– Cost of power generation relative to incumbent technologies
– Rising cost of raw materials for energy storage and distribution
– Expectation of customer needs (such as for EV’s to be greater than 100 miles range;
expectation of quick charge)
– Power grid infrastructure (distribution grid was built for the 20th century)
– Business models rely on large, centralized energy generation. Need for decentralization
– System of producing and immediate usage is a hindrance. Storage technologies need to
improve significantly. Grid designed for centralized storage
• The goal is to make the value-chain profitable and self-sustaining
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4. Timeline (90 minutes)
• Introduction - 10 min
• Group Work - 40 min
• Group Presentations - 30 min
• Conclusion - 10 min
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5. Ideation Process
• Five groups formed
• Within each group
– Brainstorm on the key strategic challenges faced by the industries along
the energy storage and smart-grid value chains
• Brainstorming method to be described shortly
– Select the top three challenges/issues
– Work as a team on coming up with creative/realistic strategies for
handling each of the top three issues
• What can the various industries along the value chain do about
each?
– Focus on what is within our control.
• Can we collaborate to come up with solutions?
• Each group nominates one person who will present the outcome of the
discussion
– 3-5 minutes per group
• Presentation of results and discussion with the other groups
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6. Idea Generation – Structured Problem Solving
TRIZ
 TRIZ is the Russian acronym for “Theory of
Inventive Problem Solving” first developed in 1946
by Altshuller, a patent agent in the Soviet Navy in
the former USSR.
 More than three million patents have been
analyzed to identify patterns that could predict
breakthrough solutions to problems.
 The method is logic-based and relies on the
study of patterns of problems and solutions rather
than the spontaneous and intuitive creativity of
individuals or groups.
 TRIZ can provide repeatability, predictability and Genrich Saulovich Altshuller
reliability due to its structure and algorithmic October 15, 1926 to September 24, 1998
approach.
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7. Idea Generation - Intuitive
Dali used the creativity technique of hypnogogic imagery to create
some of his most powerful images
– Think about your problem
– Totally relax your body
– Quiet your mind
– Quiet your eyes – If you fall asleep easily, hold a spoon
loosely in one of your hands. You can enter the
hypnogogic state this way, and should you begin to fall
asleep, you will drop the spoon and awaken in time to
capture the images
– Record your images immediately after they occur
– Look for the associative link – write down the first things
that occur to you after your experience Ask questions:
• What puzzles me?
• Any new insights?
• What’s out of place?
• What disturbs me?
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8. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
 Keith Richards states that he came up with
the guitar riff for the song in his sleep.
 The song is considered to be one of the all-
time great rock songs.
 Waking up in the middle of the night,
Richards recorded the riff and the words "I
can't get no satisfaction" on a cassette
recorder and promptly fell back to sleep.
The tape was described later by Richards
as "two minutes of 'Satisfaction' and 40
minutes of me snoring.”
Keith Richards
He and Mick Jagger finished writing the The Rolling Stones
song in Clearwater, Florida in May 1965.
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9. Structured Ideation – Key Learnings
To maximise the value from ideation
Use Diverse Teams - Provides an Needs a well defined and
environment for novel solutions refined problem statement
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10. Create & Judge Cycles
Brainwriting Dialog Brainstorming
Solo Pairs Team
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11. Create & Judge Cycles
Brainwriting Dialog Brainstorming
TARGET
High Overt Benefit
Reason to Believe
Dramatic Difference
Solo Pairs Team
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12. Idea Generation Methods
An Idea Burst can provide an instant and successful start to a
Methodology Output
Members capture all of the ideas they
originally have on slips of paper before
dialogue in pairs
Brainstorming
Participants share all of their ideas with
each other as a team
Facilitator captures and builds on ideas
from the rest of the group
Ideas are clustered to start the synthesis
and review process Team
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13. Idea Evaluation & Selection
This is a necessary part of the brainstorming process and the techniques
should be used after the idea generation session
Convergence
• Idea evaluation and selection
techniques tend to be critical and
are used with increasing rigor and
thoroughness:
• Very rough filters employ, for
example, gut reaction
• Rough Filters use more refined
criteria Idea
• Fine Filters use well defined Screening
commercial and technology &
weighting factors Analysis
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14. Structured Ideation – Keep to the rules
Rule #1 –
Suspend Judgement of Ideas
Rule #2 –
No idea is too ridiculous to be put forward
Rule #3 –
Quantity counts at this stage
Rule #4 -
Build on the ideas put forward by others
Rule #5 -
Give the note taker a chance to record ideas
Rule #6 -
Have fun – It helps in the creative process
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