TRIZ – introduced to me by my good friend, Faisal Majeed, delves into generating innovative ideas and solutions to problem solving in a systematic and simplified manner. The solutions to individualized problems cover most logical and practical angles. It is nothing but a starting step to brainstorming and opening my the mind to possible solutions that could have been over-looked otherwise. Here’s the Wikipedia profile of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIZ

Being a student of this field, it pains me to see the limited progress renewable energy technologies are making even in a country like Canada which offers so much potential and incentives to the green industry.

Some key issues mentioned in the white paper below:

• Lack of consumer choice in selection of suppliers
• Monopolization of market by major energy firms
• Failure to account for environmental externalities caused by conventional energy-producing methods
• Failure to address implementation barriers

Here’s the link: http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/Resources/lostopps.pdf

..Is what a lot of us experience on a regular basis, especially when it comes to professional decisions. Personally, it seems to be that the second or third thoughts regarding a particular decision seem to be negatively inclined. It is often a case of one foot in the positive and the other in the negative territory! This slip is called Positively Negative by the author of the article whose link is attached below. I can partially relate to that.

http://cultivategreatness.com/2007/01/05/the-positively-negative-mindset

Learning more about our brain is always very insightful. The art to associate one thng with another makes it easier to remember many key topics in the daily life. Article below sheds more light on this phenomenon and others related to brain and memory…

http://www.livescience.com/health/051019_monkey_memory.html

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