A structured creativity tool featuring 40 TRIZ strategies designed to generate innovative ideas, explore challenges, and develop practical solutions

Innovation Cards are a practical creativity and problem-solving tool based on TRIZ theory, a systematic approach to innovation and inventive thinking.

The English-language set transforms 40 TRIZ strategies into accessible illustrated cards. Each card introduces a specific strategy with a definition, explanation, and practical examples, helping participants approach challenges from new perspectives rather than relying only on familiar solutions.

The cards can be used individually or collaboratively during brainstorming, workshops, team meetings, innovation sessions, and problem-solving activities. Participants define a challenge, explore relevant or randomly selected strategies, and use the cards as prompts to generate and develop new ideas.

By combining structured thinking with creative exploration, Innovation Cards help make innovation more practical, engaging, and applicable to real-world challenges.

Skills Developed

The activity supports the development of:

• Creative thinking

• Innovative thinking

• Problem-solving

• Idea generation

• Brainstorming

• Analytical thinking

• Flexible thinking

• Alternative thinking

• Challenge reframing

• Collaborative thinking

• Decision-making

• Solution development

Ideal For

Innovation Cards are suitable for:

• Brainstorming workshops

• Creativity and innovation training

• Problem-solving workshops

• Corporate training

• Team meetings

• Leadership development programs

• Product and service development

• Trainers and facilitators

• Managers and team leaders

• Entrepreneurs

• Project teams

• Individual idea exploration

• Personal and professional challenges

How to Use

1. Define the challenge, problem, or opportunity you want to explore.

2. Select a relevant Innovation Card or choose one randomly to introduce a different perspective.

3. Read the TRIZ strategy, explanation, and examples presented on the card.

4. Apply the strategy to the selected challenge and explore how it could change your approach.

5. Generate as many ideas and possible solutions as possible before evaluating them.

6. Repeat the process with additional cards to explore the challenge from different perspectives.

7. Compare the generated ideas and identify the most relevant or promising solutions.

8. Develop selected ideas into practical actions, concepts, or solutions.

Learning Outcomes

After using Innovation Cards, participants will be better able to:

• Apply structured creativity techniques to real challenges

• Generate ideas beyond obvious or familiar solutions

• Explore problems from multiple perspectives

• Understand and apply selected TRIZ strategies

• Challenge conventional approaches and assumptions

• Generate alternative solutions systematically

• Use examples to translate abstract strategies into practical ideas

• Contribute more effectively to brainstorming sessions

• Develop ideas collaboratively with other participants

• Transform creative thinking into potential practical solutions

Product Contents

The set includes:

• 40 illustrated Innovation Cards

• 40 TRIZ-based innovation strategies

• Definition and explanation of each strategy

• Practical examples demonstrating strategy application

• Creative Cards User’s Guide

• Introduction to the TRIZ system

• Guidance for using the cards effectively

Specifications

• Tool Type: Creativity, innovation, and problem-solving cards

• Methodology: Based on TRIZ theory

• Language: English

• Number of Cards: 40

• Strategies Covered: 40 TRIZ innovation strategies

• Card Content: Strategy, definition, explanation, and practical examples

• Usage Format: Individual, pair, small-group, or team use

• Interaction Method: Define a challenge, select a strategy, apply it, generate ideas, and evaluate possibilities

• Application Style: Structured brainstorming and creative exploration

• Challenge Type: Adaptable to personal, professional, organizational, product, service, and everyday challenges

• Activity Duration: Flexible according to the challenge and number of strategies explored

• Main Focus: Creativity, innovation, idea generation, and problem-solving

• Recommended Use: Brainstorming, innovation workshops, team meetings, training programs, and individual idea exploration

Tips for Trainers

• Start with a clearly defined challenge before introducing the cards.

• Briefly explain the purpose of TRIZ before the first activity, especially for participants unfamiliar with the methodology.

• Encourage participants to generate ideas before judging whether they are practical.

• Use random cards when the group becomes stuck in familiar patterns of thinking.

• Try several strategies on the same challenge to generate different approaches.

• Ask participants to explain how each idea connects to the selected strategy.

• Use small teams to apply different cards to the same problem, then compare their solutions.

• Encourage participants to adapt the examples rather than simply copying them.

• Conclude by identifying which ideas can be developed, combined, tested, or implemented.

Innovation Cards turn the 40 TRIZ strategies into practical creative prompts, helping individuals and teams move beyond familiar thinking and generate new approaches to real challenges.