Books

New 40 Principles Extended Edition: TRIZ Keys to Technical Innovation by Genrich Altshuller with commentary by Dana W. Clarke, Sr. This book includes new explanatory examples in conjunction with the original illustrations which offer a complete view of how each principle may be applied to innovative problem solving. 2005 [ISBN: 0964074052] – $55.00 US + shipping and handling

TRIZ: Through the Eyes of an American TRIZ Specialist by Dana W. Clarke, Sr.  A book that provides an introduction to the Basic Premises of TRIZ and a Simple Version of ARIZ (Algorithm of Inventive Problem Solving) – Revised 2002 [ISBN: 0972741704] – $30.00 US + shipping and handling

Articles and Case Studies

A Facilitated Innovation Process Case Study.   Optimization means improving what exists. While optimization is inherently limited, innovation knows no boundaries. This case study demonstrates how AIA helped a major corporation use Facilitated Innovation to save millions of dollars and achieve process efficiency goals that had long eluded them. Written by David Barr. Free – delivered in pdf format

Developing and Supporting a Culture of Innovation: An Integrated TRIZ/Value Analysis Process Creates Empowerment in a Failing Call Center by David Barr.  A paper describing Aurora Health Care's resounding success in changing business processes and the culture of an entire department.  – Free – delivered in pdf format

Evolving the Corkscrew: A TRIZ-based Hypothesis by Dana W. Clarke, Sr.  This brief article demonstrates how several key principles of TRIZ—Ideality, Contradictions, Systems Approach Thinking and Patterns of Evolutions (including resource utilization, uneven development of systems, increasing dynamics, increased controllability, increasing complexity followed by simplification, matching and mismatching of system elements, transition to the micro-level, increased use of fields, and decreased human involvement) might have been used to invent the corkscrew. – Free – delivered in pdf format

Strategically Evolving the Future by Dana W. Clarke, Sr., originally published in the Journal of Technological Forecasting and Social Change – Free – delivered in pdf format