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Numerous techniques have been invented in the domain of problem solving and innovation. You'll find here two main parts :

A.Classification of creative techniques
B. The Actual thinkers.

A.Classification of creative techniques (1)

Depending on the methods and means utilized, creative techniques can be categorized in seven groups as follows:

1. Conditioning/motivating/organizing techniques

The techniques, procedures and/or special conditions and means belonging to this group help create an environment that facilitates the removal of various mental blocks, unleashes natural creativity, etc.
Examples: Napoleon technique, listening to music
Other techniques from this group merely suggest the use of various helpful tools such as notebooks, stickers, boards, flip charts, etc.

2. Randomization

Since psychological inertia usually keeps an individual “inside the box” of his/her paradigms/perceptions/assumptions, forcing an individual to make more random attempts to solve a difficult problem were found to be very helpful. Randomization makes the search more chaotic.
Example: Brainstorming

3. Focusing techniques

Many people have difficulty with random idea generation when no guidelines or focusing steps or subjects are offered. Special focusing techniques are used to help an individual focus on one issue at a time and avoid frustration. Focusing elements (steps) may be presented with or without any particular order (random focusing).
Example: Attribute listing

4. Systems

A system contains a set of focusing or random steps to be followed in a specific order.
Example: QFD

5. Pointed techniques

These techniques offer single or multi-step recommendations following a pre-determined, promising direction. This direction may be identified as useful based on intuition, experience or documented knowledge.
Examples:

Problem reversal (single step)

ARIZ (multi-step process targeting the ideal solution)

6. Evolutionary directed techniques

These techniques offer directions according to fundamental patterns of evolution.
Example: Utilization of the TRIZ Patterns/Lines of Technological Evolution

7. Innovation knowledge-base techniques

These techniques utilize structured knowledge derived from the past human innovation experience.
Example: Contradiction Table and 40 Innovation Principles

Comparative Analysis of Creative Methods(2)

Method	Group							Source/Reference
Method	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Source/Reference
Random input (feature transfer, focused-objects technique, organized random search, picture stimulation)		X	X
Problem reversal				X	X
Questions Ask			X	X	X			Alex Osborn
Question Summary			X
Lateral Thinking			X	X	X
The Discontinuity Principle				X
Thinkertoys			X	X
Brainstorming		X		X
Forced Analogy		X	X
Attribute Listing			X					Robert Platt Crowford Creating Workforce Innovation, by Michael Morgan
Morphological Forced Connections				X				Koberg and Bagnall
Morphological Analysis				X				Zwicky
Imitation					X
Mind Maps *			X	X				Tony Buzan
Storyboarding	X		X	X				Sergei Eisenstein Walt Disney, 1928 Mike Vance, Creative Thinking J. Higgins, p.166
Synectics **			X	X	X			William Gordon
Lotus Blossom Technique			X	X				Matsumura Yasuo, Clover Management Research
In the Realm of the Senses			X	X				Mike Vance, Think Out of the Box
Drawing and Visual Thinking	X		X					Betty Edward and Robert McKim's Experiences in Visual Thinking, Stanford
Camelot					X			James Higgins 101
Checklists			X					James Higgins 101
Limericks and parodies		X						James Higgins 101
Role playing		X
Workout/retreats	X	X

Method	Group							Source/Reference
Method	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Source/Reference
Kepner-Tregoe			X	X
Draw a picture			X
Experience kit			X	X				IdeaScope, Cambridge
Fishbone diagram			X	X	X			Kaoru Ishikawa
King of the mountain		X
Redefining a problem/opportunity		X		X
Squeeze and stretch			X	X	X
What patterns exist?					X
Why-why diagram			X	X	X
Assumption reversal					X
Associations		X
Circle of opportunity		X
Deadlines	X
Fresh eye	X
Idea bits and racking	X
Idea notebook	X
Input-output				X
Listening to music	X
Name possible uses		X
The Napoleon technique	X
Product improvement checklist		X						Arthur B. VanGundy
Relatedness		X
Relational words		X
Reversal – dereversal					X
7x7 technique				X	X
Sleeping/dreaming on it	X
The two-words technique		X	X		X
Visualization		X
What if?			X
Gordon/Little			X	X	X
Group decision support systems	X							Wilson Learning Systems, Minnesota
Idea board	X
Idea triggers	X
Innovation committee	X
Intercompany innovation groups	X
Lion’s den	X
NHK method		X		X				Hiroshi Takahashi

Method	Group							Source/Reference
Method	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Source/Reference
Nominal group technique	X	X		X
Phillips 66	X	X		X				Don Phillips, Michigan
Photo excursion		X	X
Scenario writing		X	X
SIL method (combining)		X		X	X			Batelle, Germany
TKJ	X	X		X				Tokio Institute of Technology
Delphi	X			X
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)	X							Robert Dilts
Assumption Smashing					X
DO IT				X				The Art of Creative Thinking, by Robert W. Olson
LARC	X							Unleashing the Right Side of the Brain, by Robert Williams and John Stockmyer
Unconscious Problem Solving	X
Basadur Simplex process				X				http://www.basadursimplex.com/
Fuzzy Logic (Fuzzy Thinking)				X				Lotfi Zadeh Fuzzy Thinking, by Bart Kosko; Fuzzy Logic - The Revolutionary Computer Technology that is Changing the World, by Daniel McNeill and Paul Freiburger
SERENDIPITY	X	X
Wallas’ model				X				Graham Wallas (1926)
Rossman creativity model								Rossman (1931)
Working Paper: Models for the Creative Process								http://www.directedcreativity.com/ DirectedCreativity is a trademark of Paul E. Plsek & Associates, Inc.
Barron’s Psychic Creation Model	X			X				Henri Barron (1988)
Creative Problem Solving (CPS) Model				X				Parnes (1992) Isaksen and Trefflinger (1985)
Koberg and Bagnall's Universal Traveler Model				X
Robert Fritz’s Process for creation	X			X
Seven Steps by Roger von Oech				X
TRIZ Contradiction Table and 40 Innovation Principles	X		X	X	X	X	X
TRIZ Ideality Concept	X		X	X	X	X	X
TRIZ System Approach	X		X	X	X
Ideation/TRIZ Patterns/Lines of Evolutions	X		X	X	X	X	X

Method	Group							Source/Reference
Method	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Source/Reference
Ideation/TRIZ Patterns/Lines of Evolutions	X		X	X	X	X	X
Ideation/TRIZ Problem Formulation	X		X	X	X
Ideation/TRIZ ISQ	X		X	X	X
Ideation/TRIZ ARIZ	X		X	X	X	X
TRIZ Substance-Field Analysis	X		X	X	X
TRIZ 76 Standard Solutions	X		X	X	X	X	X
Ideation/TRIZ System of Operators	X		X	X	X	X	X
Ideation/TRIZ IPS	X		X	X	X	X	X
Ideation/TRIZ DE	X