Future of the Friends: Using Oxford TRIZ to Plan the Way Ahead

How a TeamTRIZ workshop helped Friends of a UK Cathedral understand both what they wanted, and then how to plan their future

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Questions Answered 

  • What helped the Friends organisation work together and in a half day session understand the problems they faced?
  • Which TRIZ tools stimulated Ideas and Future Actions?
  • How does a TeamTRIZ workshop help participation and team contributions, and
    record all ideas and conclusions?

What can you learn from this case study?

  • How the TeamTRIZ Workshop progressed logically from understanding the purpose, goals benefits of this Friends organisation; not just to capture all the participants’ various ideas for its future
  • How the TRIZ tools ‘Ideal Outcome’ and ‘Thinking in Time and Scale’ were used to uncover benefits and bring clarity
  • How team work on all the exercises was captured on pre-planned/printed Oxford TRIZ A0 worksheets, which were then summarised and published (in a few days) in a workshop report

How will this benefit you? 

  • Find out how running fast, effective, stimulating TeamTRIZ workshops ensures that everyone is fully engaged no matter how small or large the groups (anything from 6- 50 people). Unlike meetings and brainstorming sessions, the capturing and sharing of ideas working with 3-4 people ensures that all have confidence to communicate and contribute throughout
  • Your Team could use the power of Oxford TRIZ tools in planning innovative solutions in a very short time-frame
  • TeamTRIZ workshops can help you understand the problems you face. They don’t just focus on solutions. Understanding the problem is a vital part of the solution

Additional Resource  

  • Download also to include the Leaflet mentioned in the Case Study's Conclusion
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