Creative Destruction (aka TRIZ)

Also known as: TRIZ, Making Space with TRIZ

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective

Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator

Trust · group readiness★any

Disclosure · what is sharednone

Serious fun with a subversive question: "what could we do to reliably achieve the WORST possible result?" Groups list that anti-recipe, then — the uncomfortable step — mark everything on it they currently do in any form, and decide what to stop. Clears counterproductive activity to make space for innovation.

Hold with care

Step two ('is anything on this list something we do?') lands as confession — keep the tone playful and the focus on activities, not authors

Practical

Time: 50-55 min
Group: 1–∞ · small-group, large-group
Settings: in-person, online
Materials: Tables of 4–7; flip charts or whiteboards
Mechanisms: cognitive-reframing, creative-expression
Change scope: state · repeatable

Origin & where it lives

Henri Lipmanowicz & Keith McCandless (inspired by the TRIZ engineering tradition) — Liberating Structures

Instructions: open online · CC BY-SA 4.0

In this directory via Liberating Structures

status: checked · added 2026-08-25