Editor’s note: This article continues the series exploring structured innovation using the TRIZ methodology, a problem-solving, analysis, and forecasting tool derived from studying patterns of invention found in global patent data.

As the executive council got down to business for the day, Belinda summarized from last month’s session that the ideal final result (IFR) is “a description of the best possible solution for the problem situation, regardless of the original problem’s constraints.”

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