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"""Well presented, practical book, that everybody should have in his pocket"" Michel Lecoq (Engineer with 50 years of experience in product, process and business development). Unlike other books that talk about innovation, Inventor's Manual tells you what to do and how to do it in order to achieve the best result faster. Unlike other books on innovation it is ... thin and manageable. It is a lesson with visual appeal, making use of pictures, diagrams and striking examples. This manual can also be helpful for professional trouble-shooters due to its ""tick-box"" and procedure-like style. The algorithms of the Inventor's Manual are based on a Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (known by its Russian acronym TRIZ), which is a highly adaptable and overarching methodology. But you do not need to know TRIZ to be able to use the Inventor's Manual. The following features make the Inventor's Manual unique: - Step-by-step problem diagnostics and templates for defining the Ideal Final Result which you will not find in any book on TRIZ - Templates for thorough reflection on the context of a product design that are not explicitly presented in TRIZ at all, but which are a very important system thinking aid especially if you are dealing with complex engineering or social system. - ""Shortcuts"" in the systematic process that allow you to resolve your challenges instantly using simple templates - Inventive Principles have detailed descriptions in connection to the model of the inventive challenges they resolve. You will not find this in any book published on TRIZ - You will find the influence of natural rules for dealing with resources, complexities and ways to avoid problems that are not present in ordinary TRIZ methods. Enjoy your own natural problem-solving talent following the Inventor's Manual!"

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"Dr Nikolay Bogatyrev is a certified TRIZ expert and consultant on inventive problem solving with more than 30 years of experience in the UK, EU and Russia. Nikolay teaches TRIZ at the University of Bath for future engineers and managers. He started to use TRIZ system himself as a PhD student at Novosibirsk State University, and was fascinated by the power of this system: in a couple of years, he had sold 28 patents for new laboratory research equipment. Holding a PhD in Biology, Nikolay is mostly interested in an engineering approach and ecologically sound architecture and design. He has more than 100 publications, ranging from popular science papers to research articles and books. While applying TRIZ in ecology and agriculture, Nikolay developed a set of rules for eco-engineering and published them in a book ""Ecological Engineering of Survival"". For many years Nikolay taught students of Academy of Architecture in Russia. Since2002, Nikolay works at the University of Bath (UK) and runs his own consultancy company BioTRIZ Ltd. Dr. O. Bogatyreva is a broadly qualified expert in the fields of creativity, inventive problem solving and general biology. Her work on Bio-inspired design are included nearly in every lecture on Biomimetics in Europe and America. Olga Bogatyreva has a background in a behavioural science and psychology and she uses this expertise to develop the most efficient methods of teaching creativity and invention. Her main fields of interest are organisational behaviour and group decision making, in which she has more than 80 publications. She holds a DSc in Complexity Theory and PhD in Biology. Being Internationally certified TRIZ expert Olga sold two patents on laboratory equipment which was designed, manufactured and widely used. Olga has developed a range of tools and mathematical model for sustainable organisational management. Olga teaches TRIZ at the University of Bath for undergraduate and postgraduate students and runs courses for Continuous Professional Development."

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