C-K Theory, CPS and TRIZ #2 – What Are the Benchmarks? (part 1)

The first post in this series (available here) gave a very quick, and probably superficial, introduction to what C-K Theory claims to be and to do.  Now, we need to look at some established problem-solving methods to see how C-K Theory stands up. Creative Problem-Solving :  CPS is well established.  The method suggests that people [...]

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A safe place for knowledge work

Safety and innovation have more in common than appears at first sight. This post is about providing a safe workplace for creative knowledge work, triggered by a post by Donald E. Gray. I hope it is the first of a series on the points of similarity. Donald E. Gray defined safety to mean “we can [...]

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C-K Theory, CPS and TRIZ #1 – All Much of a Muchness?

Argenta works with a large, international engineering company to run an Innovation Programme based on developing the ability of their project teams to plan and facilitate problem-solving Boosters. The Booster approach is based on a customised version of CPS (creative problem-solving). Our client recently attended a seminar on C-K Theory – a new approach for [...]

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