Rigorous methods to foster creativity? Should we believe in them? Most techniques are disappointing or at least random in their results. However, the TRIZ method is an exception, probably because it ...

In my consulting practice, innovation challenges that dogged teams having very good and experienced engineers for months or even years were resolved in a matter of days or hours. It was not magic; we ...

When I joined Machine Design three years ago, my No.1 goal was to expand my knowledge of engineering best practices and its relationship to the manufacturing industry. To be successful, I would need ...