Frugal kinetik triz for health i_meche july 2013_post_event_pack

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18 September 2013

TRIZ for Health

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Biomedical Engineering Association Seminar


"It takes imagination, resourcefulness, and problem solving skills to create technologies that will really work in developing countries” – intrahealth.org


Being Resourceful in Africa: The Play Pump

Source: http://www.waterforpeople.org/extras/playpumps/case-foundation-partnership.html


Is it good enough?

If it isn't, what can we do about it?

How do we innovate?


What is TRIZ ?

•  An armory of problem definition and solution tools

supporting a creative mindset – in a structured,

systematic way

•  And it’s as much about people as it is about things

Note : TRIZ is a Russian born methodology based upon research of millions of patents. Paul first learned it in 2003, and immediately used it to solve intractable problems in the automotive industry. After falling completely in love with the method, he now has several years experience of using it in a consulting role with large organisations inventing and solving problems and challenging category norms. He is part of the Systematic Innovation network that continues to the develop the method and integrate with other ways of doing things…… like 6Sigma, QFD etc.


What can you see?


We jump to conclusions

We see things one way

Once we think we have "the answer" we stop thinking

Question : Does our personality type, discipline, job, role or training lock us in to seeing things one way? Do people see things in terms of class A,B,C, age, gender – or likely clinical need? Do engineering orientated folk tend to see the world in terms of the physical world - strength, stress, dimensional terms?


What are incubators associated with?

Note : In our Western mental model, we have addressed a clinical need by developing very clever incubators. We understand that some attempts have been made to raise money to send out these incubators to the “third world” (which doesn’t exist – Google “TED Gapminder” if you havent already seen Prof Hans Rosling)


But they need hospital infrastructure to work

But clever western incubators need complex infrastructure to keep them working. And without adequate maintenance in the “3rd world”, they fell into disuse after a relatively short time


A way to help us see things differently

Something to stop us jumping to conclusions

Something better than just good brainstorming

So we need

Note : Our mental eyes as well as our physical ones tend to have just one way of seeing. What if we had set of lenses, each designed to help us see things in a different light. binoculars, x-rays specs, ultraviolet, microscope, freeze frame, slow motion, fast forward…….


What matters most is that the main Functions are delivered

Solve the right problem

Note : One of the key TRIZ principles is Functionality. At the end of the day, all that matters to the customer is getting the job done and doing so with the minimum of cost and the maximum satisfaction. So from generation to generation of technology the means of delivery may change, but the function remains. There is always another way to deliver a function……… So we need to find the most IDEAL way for our specific situation, which leads us to another key TRIZ principle - IDEALITY


Ideality

Ideality (of Health) =

Something’s getting in the way

Function

Resourcefulness

Contradictions Main Useful Function (s)

Cost + harm

Note : When something is stopping us from making our system more ideal – this is a conflict – ie parameters fighting against each other – like strength vs weight. A CONTRADICTION


Free Resources

Note : One way to solve a contradiction is to use alternative resources to deliver the function. In frugal technology we are looking for freely available, simple, common things that are around us in the situation.


Resourcefulness

Note : The automotive aftermarket supply chain spans the globe with high quality parts, at affordable prices and able to deliver many functions needed by an incubator. Even with many people who know how the sub systems work and how to maintain them.


Resourcefulness

Questions for appropriate health care :

What are the outcomes (functions) we need to deliver ?

What is stopping us ?

What free / cheap and available resources can solve the problem ?


Resourcefulness

Fixing punctures without the need for a repair outfit / glue

Contradiction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-wzRH_RMwg#t=11

Puncture repair - without the repair kit


Resourcefulness

Turn plastic bags into Mosquito nets - using ordinary nails adapted to fit into ordinary sewing machines and punch holes rather than stitch seams

Contradiction

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-wzRH_RMwg&feature=youtu.be and http://www.doane.edu/how-to-page


Google

“Two-thirds of the world’s

population does not yet have

Internet access. Project Loon

is a network of balloons

traveling on the edge of

space, designed to connect

people in rural and remote

areas.”

What are the issues facing us ?

"It takes imagination, resourcefulness, and problem solving skills to create technologies

that will really work in developing countries"

Bill Gates

“When you’re dying of

malaria, I suppose you’ll look

up and see that balloon, and

I’m not sure how it’ll

help you.”

Note : An interesting debate. If struggling nations need to spread best practice about great ways to fix punctures, or make your own mosquito nets – wouldn’t it be good to have the internet to help ?


"It takes imagination, resourcefulness, and problem solving skills to create technologies that will really work in developing countries” – intrahealth.org

Note : There are structured ways to help us be more creative – such as TRIZ. So we should make it one of our goals of personal and organisational development to constantly seek out ways to learn more and put these methods to effective use. Waiting for Newtons apple to fall for the moment of insight is not good enough – we need to go and shake some trees. What could be more important than quickly finding the best ways to save lives and make things better in the world


Kinetik Solutions

Ketan Varia is a director of Kinetik Solutions. We deliver transformation and change programmes for large organisations across the globe.

We have expertise in end to end process design using frugal techniques, accelerated decision making using facilitated workshops and creation of high performance teams.

Our way of working is pragmatic and based on ‘on the ground’ realities, but using innovative tools to solve problems.

Systematic Innovation Ltd

The speakers and their organisations

Paul Frobisher is a director of SI UK. We invent to order, solve intractable problems and transform the innovation pipeline across multiple sectors. We work “consumer needs back”, or “technology forward”.

Fans of TRIZ, we invest heavily in keeping the method up to date. But we also use an armoury of complimentary techniques to get the job done.

Together with our clients we are shaping the future, one step change at a time.

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