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People are rightly wary of things they have not experienced, or have had negative experiences of. Dentistry, marriage counselling and innovation consulting have this in common. Perhaps there is a fundamental disconnect between those whose business it is to control processes and those who make a living from disrupting and replacing them. Something to do with tolerance for intangibles and comfort with ambiguity.

Its been a couple of years now since I first took note of ‘modern TRIZ’ as evangelised by Darrell Mann and others, having been forced to pay it some attention by ex-Altran colleague Barry Winkless. Like many significant learning steps in my life, getting immersed in the area was uncomfortable and took time and [...]