3. The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
BRAINSTORMING ???
“Fifty years of research shows brainstorming
does not simply kill ideas, but
disproportionately eliminates better ideas and
the very best ideas.”
4. The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ???
5. The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
Cognitive Fixedness
8. The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
SURPRISINGLY, MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS FOLLOW
ONE OF ONLY FIVE PATTERNS……..
9. The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
PROBLEM - - SOLUTION
11. The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
SUBTRACTION
1. List internal components.
2. Remove one essential component.
3. Visualize the resulting virtual product.
4. Identify potential user needs.
5. If necessary, replace function with something from Closed World.
6. Modify new product to improve it.
12. 2nd SIT Method
“TASK UNIFICATION”
“The assignment of new tasks to an
existing resource (i.e. any element of
the product or its vicinity within the
manufacturer’s control).”
13. The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
TASK UNIFICATION
1. List internal/external components.
2. Assign an additional task to one component.
3. Visualize the resulting virtual product.
4. Identify potential user needs.
5. Identify potential challenges.
6. Modify product to improve it.
15. The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
DIVISION
1. List product’s internal components.
2. Divide the product and/or one or more components:
1. Functional (divide along functional role)
2. Physical (cut along my physical line)
3. Preserving (each part preserves the characteristics of the whole)
3. Visualize the resulting virtual product.
4. Identify potential user needs.
5. Modify product to improve it.
16. 4th SIT Method
“MULTIPLICATION”
“A multiplication of elements already existing
in the product along with a required
adjustment – Qualitative Change.”
17. The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
MULTIPLICATION
1. List components.
2. Multiply a component.
3. Change the multiplied component.
4. Visualize the resulting virtual product.
5. Identify potential user needs.
6. Modify the product to improve it.
DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE THREE-WAY LIGHT BULBS
18. 5th SIT Method
“ATTRIBUTE DEPENDENCY”
“The creation/removal of symmetries or
dependencies between existing product
properties”
19. The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
ATTRIBUTE DEPENDENCY
1. List internal/external variables.
2. Pair variables (using a 2 * 2 matrix) – Internal / External.
3. Create (or break) a dependency between the variables.
4. Visualize the resulting virtual product.
5. Identify potential user needs.
6. Modify the product to improve it.
21. 3. Find your fixedness
1. Adopt the Function Follows Form
mindset
2. Foster constraints
The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
22. 6. Link innovation to strategy
4. Innovate from your core
5. Innovate across business units
The Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) – A Proven Method to Innovate Anything
7. Force non-obvious connections
