Coaching practices for Triz Systematic Invention and the Logic of Contradictions After a Loss
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- I’ve been brainstorming this for hours and every idea is a slight variation on the same one
- I keep going in circles on this because every fix just shoves the problem somewhere else
- What I’ve built has gotten so complicated that it keeps breaking in new places, and I suspect half the moving parts are doing work something else could absorb
- Every option I’m weighing is just a tweak on what already exists
- My first instinct is always that I need more
Practices that may help
- TRIZ: Systematic Invention and the Logic of Contradictions
TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) is a systematic innovation method developed by Genrich Altshuller after analyzing hundreds of thousands of patents. Its core insight is that most breakthrough problems contain a "technical or physical contradiction" — a situation where improving one parameter worsens another — and that inventors across fields resolve these contradictions using a surprisingly small set of recurring strategies. - Sample inventive principles to generate solution directions
Apply one or more of TRIZ’s 40 inventive principles as generative lenses, even without the full contradiction matrix.
TRIZ: Systematic Invention and the Logic of Contradictions - Name the contradiction at the heart of the problem
State exactly which parameter you need to improve and which parameter gets worse as a result.
TRIZ: Systematic Invention and the Logic of Contradictions - Trim components to find what you can remove
Systematically ask which components in your current solution could be removed if another component took over their function.
TRIZ: Systematic Invention and the Logic of Contradictions - Define the ideal final result first
Describe the perfect outcome as if the solution already exists and costs nothing, then work backward to what could enable it.
TRIZ: Systematic Invention and the Logic of Contradictions - Inventory available resources before adding anything new
List all time, space, information, and energy already present in or around the problem — solutions often hide there.
TRIZ: Systematic Invention and the Logic of Contradictions - Use inversion as the first model in every problem
Before solving a problem, ask what would guarantee failure — then avoid those things.
Mental Models: Charlie Munger’s Latticework Approach - USA journaling: write your way to acceptance
After a failure or rejection, write out the ABC chain and the USA disputation before bed.
Unconditional Self-Acceptance - Treat failed attempts as constraint-locators rather than dead ends
Each failed approach tells you precisely where the active constraint lives — mine that information before trying again.
Constraint Relaxation: Escaping the Walls You Built Yourself - Check whether the rules of your domain are actually stable
Before applying any probability model, ask whether the rules governing outcomes could change mid-game.
The Ludic Fallacy: When You Mistake Real Life for a Game
Related concerns
- Triz Systematic Invention And The Logic Of Contradictions During A Big Change
TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) is a systematic innovation method developed by Genrich Altshuller after analyzing hundreds of thousands of patents. Its core insight is that most breakthrough problems contain a "technical or physical contradiction" — a situation where improving one parameter worsens another — and that inventors across fields resolve these contradictions using a surprisingly small set of recurring strategies.
- How To Use Triz
TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) is a systematic innovation method developed by Genrich Altshuller after analyzing hundreds of thousands of patents. Its core insight is that most breakthrough problems contain a "technical or physical contradiction" — a situation where improving one parameter worsens another — and that inventors across fields resolve these contradictions using a surprisingly small set of recurring strategies.
- Ideal Final Result Triz
Describe the perfect outcome as if the solution already exists and costs nothing, then work backward to what could enable it.
Define the ideal final result first
- Physical Contradiction Triz
State exactly which parameter you need to improve and which parameter gets worse as a result.
Name the contradiction at the heart of the problem
- Technical Contradiction Triz
TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) is a systematic innovation method developed by Genrich Altshuller after analyzing hundreds of thousands of patents. Its core insight is that most breakthrough problems contain a "technical or physical contradiction" — a situation where improving one parameter worsens another — and that inventors across fields resolve these contradictions using a surprisingly small set of recurring strategies.
- Triz 40 Inventive Principles
Apply one or more of TRIZ’s 40 inventive principles as generative lenses, even without the full contradiction matrix.
Sample inventive principles to generate solution directions
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