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TRIZ (Training & Workshop)

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⏱ Duration8 hours
🏢 FormatOn-site delivery · Customized design
👤 InstructorJohn Kim
✅ Key OutcomeGain foundational knowledge of TRIZ

The TRIZ Training & Workshop is an intensive 8-hour corporate program on TRIZ, the creative problem-solving methodology developed in Russia. Led by John Kim, CEO of Nanum Consulting, it combines expert instruction with hands-on workshops so participants can apply the 40 inventive principles and 76 standard solutions for resolving technical and physical contradictions to their real work. Theory and team exercises together build the logical thinking and creative problem-solving skills needed to find innovative solutions to complex problems on the job. The course is practice-oriented: it applies TRIZ to technical challenges and management issues, especially in manufacturing, IT and R&D. The curriculum draws on Nanum Consulting’s experience training 50+ major corporations and institutions.

Who is this course for?

Designed for product development, R&D, and technology planning staff, as well as practitioners who need creative problem-solving. It is especially suited to engineers and planners who want to move beyond conventional problem-solving and learn a systematic, innovative approach.

What will you learn?

  • Improves problem-solving skills

Curriculum

Module 1: Introduction to TRIZ
  • The origins of the creative problem-solving methodology
  • The concept of contradiction and the core principles of TRIZ thinking
Module 2: Tools for Resolving Contradictions
  • Technical Contradictions and the 40 Inventive Principles
  • Physical contradictions and separation principles
  • Using the Contradiction Matrix
Module 3: Standard Solutions and Resource Analysis
  • Overview of the 76 Standard Solutions
  • Resource Analysis and the Ideal Final Result (IFR)
Module 4: On-the-job application workshop
  • Defining real problems in teams
  • Developing solutions with TRIZ tools
  • Presenting results and feedback

Expected results / After the course

  • Learn the fundamentals of TRIZ
  • Learn TRIZ problem-solving methods

On-site training references

NH NonghyupDaejeon Chamber of Commerce and IndustryHyundai CorporationSTEMCOEasy One HRDUSTetc.

We tailor this course to your company

From diagnosis to execution — Nanum Consulting

FAQ

Designed for product development, R&D, and technology planning staff, as well as practitioners who need creative problem-solving. It is especially suited to engineers and planners who want to move beyond conventional problem-solving and learn a systematic, innovative approach.
This course does not treat TRIZ in isolation. It compares and analyzes mind mapping and Six Sigma alongside it to give an integrated perspective. Using creation-improvement and subjective-objective matrices, it clearly distinguishes the characteristics of each methodology and builds the judgment to choose the best problem-solving tool for each situation.
This intensive 8-hour course balances theory with hands-on workshops. Pricing varies with the number of participants, location, and customization requirements, so we provide an optimized quote after a consultation.
Instructor John Kim has extensive experience supporting the adoption and practical application of the TRIZ methodology at many manufacturers and technology companies. Combining theoretical knowledge with field application know-how, he delivers practical training that teams can use right away.
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TRIZ (Training & Workshop)

TRIZ Training & Workshop is a corporate training program that teaches the creative problem-solving methodology developed in Russia in an 8-hour intensive course, building systematic problem-solving skills. Nan

Duration8 hours
CategoryWorkplace Skills
InstructorJohn Kim
Training objectives
  • Improves problem-solving skills
Expected results
  • Learn the fundamentals of TRIZ
  • Learn TRIZ problem-solving methods
Curriculum
Module 1Module 1: Introduction to TRIZ
  • The origins of the creative problem-solving methodology
  • The concept of contradiction and the core principles of TRIZ thinking
Module 2Module 2: Tools for Resolving Contradictions
  • Technical Contradictions and the 40 Inventive Principles
  • Physical contradictions and separation principles
  • Using the Contradiction Matrix
Module 3Module 3: Standard Solutions and Resource Analysis
  • Overview of the 76 Standard Solutions
  • Resource Analysis and the Ideal Final Result (IFR)
Module 4Module 4: On-the-job application workshop
  • Defining real problems in teams
  • Developing solutions with TRIZ tools
  • Presenting results and feedback
About the instructor
Instructor John Kim
John Kim, Lead Instructor
10 years in industry · 15 years teaching (3,000+ lectures)
Education
· MBA (advanced major: Marketing), Korea University Graduate School of Business (graduated)
· Sungkyunkwan University Consultant Program (completed)
· Sogang University Graduate School of Business, Short-Term MBA (completed)
· Seoul National University Lifelong Education Instructor Development Program (completed)
· Chung-Ang University, B.A. in English Language and Literature (graduated)
Experience
· Current: CEO, Nanum Consulting
· Formerly at Hyosung Corp., Daeduck Electronics and Shinhan Diamond: overseas assignments and strategic planning (10+ years)
· Current partner instructor, Expert Consulting
· Current: Partner instructor, PSI Consulting
· (Current) Partner instructor, Korea SMEs and Startups Agency and SME Training Institute
Credentials and publications
· Certified consultant
· Certified teacher
· Completed official IDEO Design Thinking training
· B2B Marketing Design (1 Apr 2025)
· The Chinese Diamond Tool Market: Present and Future (co-authored, Korea Tool Association)
· Battles That Changed History and Innovative Weapons (in progress)