Turning the Art into the Craft

Probably the hunger was one of the first human's problem. Eventually, the solution was found by trials and errors. Due to this method, we have a lot of trivial solutions for many problems.
But is it possible to solve new challenges on the one hand routinely, on the other hand creatively? Sounds strange, isn’t it?

In 1946 one Soviet (do you know what I mean? :) inventor with his colleagues started developing the algorithm to solve creatively any [engineering] problem. The TRIZ.
They collected thousands of solutions and tried to find a system. Finally, found about 40 typically solutions, samples.

And you know, it’s works... sometimes :)

I tried to apply this tool for solving business issues. What's the result? Hm, well, I am still not selected for the Nobel Prize :)

Let me show how it works.

Task.
A student do not want to study, but want to get an “A”. However, a Professor cannot grade “A” for nothing.

The question “How to get “A” without efforts?” transforms to “What should happen that “A” appears by itself?”

Ideal Final Result.
The Professor by himself wants to grade “A” of the student for nothing.

Solution.
Where is my smarter twin brother? :)

P.S. Sorry for boring text, but I feel that I have to share with you this interesting methodology.

It has been reported that car companies Ford and Daimler-Chrysler, Johnson & Johnson, aeronautics companies Boeing, NASA, technology companies Hewlett Packard, Motorola, General Electric, Xerox, IBM, LG, Samsung, Procter and Gamble and Kodak have used TRIZ methods in some projects.