Innovation management literature does not help the innovator solve an acute problem, or challenge. It helps him decide what challenge to innovate, where to go for funding, etc. But when facing a pressing innovation challenge the innovator needs a guiding procedure that would point him or her towards what to do next. The Innovation Turing Machine (ITM) is such a guide. Any challenge that requires realization of new knowledge may be handled through the ITM. Based on the Universal Theory of Innovation, developed by Prof. Gideon Samid, now Head of the Innovation Appraisal Group at Case western Reserve University, the ITM identifies four generic and universal options for any innovation challenge (IC): (1) direct solution, (2) abstraction, (3) extension, and (4) breakdown to components. Whatever option is selected, a new (derived) challenge is thereby defined. The derived challenge too, can be handled four-ways, and so on, charting a precise innovation map on which the innovator traverses forward and backwards until the original challenge is resolved, or until resources run out. The ITM eliminates "the innovator's wall" -- it always points out to the best next step. The ITM has proven itself useful for highly creative people, as well as for the mildly creative. The ITM is a special case of the Knowledge Realization Turing Machine which is also used as study device, and for intelligence gathering -- all knowledge realization processes.
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Prof. Gideon Samid, PhD, heads the Innovation Appraisal Group at Case Western Reserve University. A Chemical and Nuclear Engineer by education, an inventor, and manager of innovation by trade. His career path developed through NASA, Exxon, SAC, and Presearch Inc. before founding his own innovation management services company: D&G Sciences Virginia Technology Corporation. In the 90s Dr. Samid originated a new discipline which became his trade mark: estimating the effort needed to achieve R&D objectives. In other words: estimating the cost-to-complete, and the time-to-finish innovation intensive projects. In this quest Gideon developed the foundation of The General Theory of Innovation; defining innovation as a knowledge realization process, and formulating an exact mathematical definition of the knowledge-left-to-be realized. Tracking that metrics is the way to estimate R&D progress. This estimation is based on mapping the innovation process on a generic roadway, dubbed the Innovation Turing Machine. As head of the Innovation Appraisal Group at Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Samid continues his research into The General Theory of Innovation, developing its academic footprint, and its industrial impact.
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