IDEAS are those thoughts that bring in the genesis of change – many times fundamental. These are thoughts that one doesn’t get in the regular run-of-the-mill thinking.
IDEAS can happen serendipitously in the human mind. They can happen at any time. They can be fleeting glimpses of problem solutions, can be dreams of possible new opportunities, can be new design structures or simply new experiences.
IDEAS don’t happen just like that. They come to prepared minds. Only prepared minds can transform these thoughts into change. It requires ability to generate and execute at the same time.
IDEAS need to be crafted through orchestrated immersion. Contrary to popular belief of organizations having lots of ideas and “it is all about execution”, our experiences show that ideas need to be crafted through orchestrated immersion of minds that work inside and with the enterprises.
Idea Crafting helps generate and build ideas that
become the genesis of change for large enterprises!
1. How to circumvent brain barriers to generate new thoughts?
2. How to reach the best ideas faster?
To overcome these challenges the brain needs some triggers. The workshop introduced Final Year Business Design students at WeSchool, Mumbai to some of the most powerful ideation triggers stitched together by Crafitti as part of its Idea Crafting framework (used by Crafitti to facilitate innovative thinking in live business contexts).
Getting strong patent protection for an invention is about drafting iron-tight claims (with complex legal language)
However, patent claims are typically only as strong as the underlying invention itself! Strong inventions invariably lead to strong patents.
Is there a process to create strong inventions?
All inventions begin from seed ideas or novel concepts. Only truly novel, non-obvious ideas that bridge the gap between fantasy and reality get transformed into inventions. A single idea can lead to multiple inventions. Just as easily, multiple ideas can combine into one invention.
The journey to a strong patent actually starts from the seed idea or concept. Exploring the depth and breadth of an idea up-front during the “inventing” phase is much more productive as compared to doing the same at the “drafting” phase. The latter approach is a conscious effort to expand the solution space whereas the later approach serves a much narrower purpose of expanding the protection space of a narrowed down idea.
Crafitti brings a powerful framework to craft strong inventions from seed ideas or concepts:
Study the Concept –its Context, Function and Prior Art
Analyze the Concept/Idea using TRIZ
Preliminary Ideation using TRIZ and inventive triggers from other disciplines
Collective brainstorm with domain experts – into the nitty-gritty
Choice of possible solution directions using AHP or other suitable decision crafting methods
Crafitti Consulting is an innovation research and consulting think tank.
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