to act

Just to know is not enough, we also have to apply;
just to want is not enough, we also have to act.
Goethe

Like Goethe said: at some point in time you have to act, even when it is or just seems hard to do. If you ‘know what’ you want to do – for example when participating in a project – you continue with the next step: ‘know how’. For example, when a project proposal is ready, you start to work on the content with a group of enthusiastic developers. In order to do that effectively, we must make sure that as a group – sometimes from very different cultural backgrounds – we agree on the ‘know how’ to translate the proposal into real content. A very interesting path where interaction is crucial! Only then, we can act effectively as a group!

The Wallonian TRIZ Connection
October 2011
The last meeting before the event on November 25th and 26th! We started working early in the morning with Yves on some details concerning John’s workshop. During the 'working holiday' the week before, John had put quite a lot of effort into it. The results...

The Wallonian TRIZ Connection
August 2011
After the brainstorm session in May about our participation in Creative Wallonia, all of the partners did a lot of work to prepare for the event in October. In summer, we felt the need to meet again to speak about the content and other issues...

The Wallonian TRIZ Connection
May 2011
It has been quiet for some time within the group that got together for the first time in August 2010: Séverine, Yves, Xavier, Axel and Arjanne. Bruno Hap quit the group, but the others initiated several issues. In September, Xavier (working for the Agence de Stimulation...

PASS: Second meeting, Pinerolo - April 2011

The second workshop (WP2) was organised in Pinerolo, Italia, in April 2011. The ‘hostess’ of the workshop is Silvana, who really did a lot of work to organise everything perfectly. And she succeeded very well! The location of the workshop is La Locanda della Maison Verte in Cantalupa/Frossasco, just outside of...

PASS: First meeting, Jurmala -- January 2011

The first four-day Workshop (WP1) took place in Jurmala, Latvia in January 2011. Immediately following the first workshop, the first Administrative Meeting (AM1) took place. Jurmula is a well-known Latvian sea-side resort, on the Baltic Sea. Many of the buildings in Jurmala have in recent years been renovated or replaced by large, luxurious homes. We stayed in a beautiful hotel, nearly sealed off...

Meeting ‘TRIZ-friends’ in Charleroi
August, 2010
Arjanne was not a real fan of LinkedIn at the start, but sometime in 2010, she was ‘found’ by a Belgian lady wanting to know more about how she uses TRIZ. This was the beginning of a series of emails between Séverine Baudrux and Arjanne – at the start, that is. Séverine and her ‘TRIZ-mate' Yves ...

PASS: Parents As Successful TeacherS

In autumn 2009, Alexander Sokol (Thinking Approach) asked us – and other potential participants – to cooperate as a partner in an EU project. The proposal was finalised by the end of February 2010; the final approval...