Inside-the-Box Thinking Strategies

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  • Breakthrough Thinking
  • Introduction
  • Correct Way: Middle Path
  • Process of Inside-the-Box Thinking
  • Don'ts in Brainstorming
  • Systematic Inventive Thinking
  • Prelogue
  • Systematic Inventive Thinking - Constraints
  • SIT Subtraction
  • SIT Multiplication
  • SIT Division
  • SIT Task Unification
  • SIT Attribute Dependency
  • Choosing the Tool
  • How to Approach
  • Conclusion - Thank You
  • Systematic Brainstorming

Breakthrough thinking from inside the box

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Introduction

Fallacy of thinking outside the box Inside the box thinking

Why brainstorming fails?


Wild and out of the box thinking Slicing the existing data in new ways

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Correct way: middle path

Asking questions to create new boxes Asking right questions

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The process of thinking inside the box

Bound the range of acceptable ideas and select questions accordingly Select participants who can produce original insights Ensure that everyone is fully engaged Properly align the social norms of meetings
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Focus every discussion using

Donts

Do not rely solely on brainstorming session Narrow the list of ideas to the ones you will seriously investigate right away

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Concept Leveraging Using Systematic Inventive Thinking

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Prelogue

Customers are source of Innovative ideas?

Imagination to envision? Product success? Flurry out of the reach ideas Flop ideas

Outside the Box thinking


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What is the Solution..????

Systematic Inventive Thinking

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Substraction Multiplication Division Task Unification

Box with Constraints Present Product

Attribute Dependency change

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SIT

Substraction

Multiplication Division Task Unification Attribute Dependency

Remove useful component and implement function with existing components


Complexity Size Cost

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SIT

Substraction

Multiplication

Division Task Unification Attribute Dependency

Make one or more copies of same element

10 10

More qualitative change Multiply benefits

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SIT
Substraction Multiplication

Division

Task Unification Attribute Dependency

Existing product into component parts


1. 2.

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Physical Functional

Car CD Tape players Caeserea detachable rugs

3.

Preservational

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SIT
Substraction Multiplication Division

Task Unification

New task to existing element of product or environment

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Attribute Dependency

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SIT
Substraction Multiplication Division Task Unification

Attribute Dependency

Finding relationship between attributes of product and environment of its uses

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Photochromic lenses Female razors Indoor sprikler kits

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Choosing the Tool


Complex Product Substraction Cost Reduction Quantitative Improvement Task Unification Multiplication Substraction

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How to Approach
Breakdown into Physical components List products Attributes External Constraints Brainstormi ng New Innovative Product
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Customer Feedback

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Thank You

Systematic Brainstorming
Internal Attributes Ex te rn al At tri b ut es
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Color Type of Ring Battery Power Users Age Caller Identity Time of day Available balance

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Breakthrough thinking 
from inside the box
Devendra Kumar Sahu
Vaishvik Kale
Ma
8/4/12
 
Introduction
ü Fallacy of thinking outside the box
ü Inside the box thinking
Why brainstorming fails?
üWild and out
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Correct way: middle path
ü Asking questions to create new 
boxes
ü Asking right questions
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The process of thinking 
inside the box 
• Bound the range of acceptable ideas 
and select questions accordingly
•
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Don’ts
• Do not rely solely on brainstorming 
session
• Narrow the list of ideas to the ones 
you will seriously in
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Concept Leveraging Using 
Systematic Inventive 
Thinking
Devendra Kumar Sahu
Va
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Prelogue
• Customers are source of Innovative 
ideas?
– Imagination to envision?
– Product success?
• Outside the B
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Box with 
Constraints
Systematic Inventive 
Thinking
Present 
Product
üSubstraction
üMultiplication
üDivision
üTask
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Remove useful 
component and 
implement function 
with existing 
components 
• Complexity  ↓
• Size  ↓
• Cost  ↓
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Make one or more 
copies of same 
element
• More qualitative 
change
• Multiply benefits
10
10
SIT
üSubstraction
üM

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