Tuesday 13 August 2013

"I do not know the solution, but I do know how to generate it"

"I do not know the solution, but I do know how to generate it"

by Cheam Cheah Jun, PG


Tronoh, 24 May –It’s a common misconception to think that creativity and the ability to be innovative are natural attributes; these can actually be taught by TRIZ.

TRIZ is the Russian acronym for Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadach, which is translated into the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. Developed in the former USSR in 1946, it was used to enable engineers to effectively overcome difficult technological challenges. 

Today, TRIZ is used by many leading corporations to enhance their global competitiveness.

This year, Mr.Issac Lim Sing Sheng was invited to the TRIZ workshop, in calibration with the Career Advisory Unit and Alumni of University Teknologi Petronas (UTP). Mr Issac said that he joined TRIZ when he was still an undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering. He felt that all the theory he had learned from the textbook could not be applied when it comes to solving a real life situation. He joked that he can’t probably do some mathematical calculation such as integration when he encounters a problem in real life.

The workshop was held in Seminar room 2, at the Undercroft for 2 consecutive days beginning at 9am and ending at 5pm. There were 76 participants who attended; more than the organizing committee had expected.
 

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