8 unifying physics of accelerators, lasers and plasma
waist collision and integrable optics for storage rings, just to
name a few.
The variety of the inventions (many of which will be discussed later on in further detail) demonstrates the past successes of our field, but we are concerned with a different question: what can we look forward to inventing in the future, and
how are we to invent it more efficiently?
In the next section we will introduce the methodical approaches to inventiveness used in industry, and will then explain how these methods can be applied to, in this case, accelerator science.
1.4 How to invent
Methods described in this section are rarely known in science, but they are widely used in industry.
In his March 7, 2013 contribution to Forbes, 3 “What
Makes Samsung Such An Innovative Company?” the author,
Haydn Shaughnessy, wrote: “But it was ... that became the
Formal inventive approaches bedrock of innovation at Samsung. In 2003 ... led to 50 new
rarely known in science but patents for Samsung and in 2004 one project alone, a DVD
widely used in industry
pick-up innovation, saved Samsung over $100 million. ... is
now an obligatory skill set if you want to advance within
Samsung.” The reader may speculate on what the dots signify — but read on.
What is this magic method, and what is the word intentionally omitted in the above quote? The answer will be given
in just a few pages.
1.4.1 How to invent — evolution of the methods
Let’s start by recalling the techniques of problem solving,
starting from a well-known brute force or exhaustive search
method. In this case, any potential solutions and ideas are
considered and evaluated one by one. It is easy to imagine
how inefficient this method may be.
An improved variation of the exhaustive search method
is called brainstorming. Its author, Alex Osborn, introduced
this method in the 1950s. Brainstorming is a psychological
approach that helps to solve problems and create inventions
by separating the process of idea generation from the process
of critical analysis.
The method of brainstorming has its limitations — the absence of critical feedback, which is the main feature of the
method, is simultaneously its handicap, as feedback is required to develop and improve an idea.
The next method that emerged on the scene, the so-called
3 http://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2013/03/07/why-issamsung-such-an-innovative-company/
waist collision and integrable optics for storage rings, just to
name a few.
The variety of the inventions (many of which will be discussed later on in further detail) demonstrates the past successes of our field, but we are concerned with a different question: what can we look forward to inventing in the future, and
how are we to invent it more efficiently?
In the next section we will introduce the methodical approaches to inventiveness used in industry, and will then explain how these methods can be applied to, in this case, accelerator science.
1.4 How to invent
Methods described in this section are rarely known in science, but they are widely used in industry.
In his March 7, 2013 contribution to Forbes, 3 “What
Makes Samsung Such An Innovative Company?” the author,
Haydn Shaughnessy, wrote: “But it was ... that became the
Formal inventive approaches bedrock of innovation at Samsung. In 2003 ... led to 50 new
rarely known in science but patents for Samsung and in 2004 one project alone, a DVD
widely used in industry
pick-up innovation, saved Samsung over $100 million. ... is
now an obligatory skill set if you want to advance within
Samsung.” The reader may speculate on what the dots signify — but read on.
What is this magic method, and what is the word intentionally omitted in the above quote? The answer will be given
in just a few pages.
1.4.1 How to invent — evolution of the methods
Let’s start by recalling the techniques of problem solving,
starting from a well-known brute force or exhaustive search
method. In this case, any potential solutions and ideas are
considered and evaluated one by one. It is easy to imagine
how inefficient this method may be.
An improved variation of the exhaustive search method
is called brainstorming. Its author, Alex Osborn, introduced
this method in the 1950s. Brainstorming is a psychological
approach that helps to solve problems and create inventions
by separating the process of idea generation from the process
of critical analysis.
The method of brainstorming has its limitations — the absence of critical feedback, which is the main feature of the
method, is simultaneously its handicap, as feedback is required to develop and improve an idea.
The next method that emerged on the scene, the so-called
3 http://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2013/03/07/why-issamsung-such-an-innovative-company/