Creativity and Innovation Project: Developing Mowing Solutions Ideas

This project explores various innovative solutions for lawn mowing, applying principles of creativity and innovation. The student presents five distinct ideas: attaching a manual mowing roller to a bicycle, assembling multiple mowing machines, utilizing a solar panel and electric engine, employing herbivorous animals, and burning the grass. Each idea is evaluated based on its principles, including local quality, merging, self-service, intermediary, and cheap short-living objects. The project analyzes the feasibility, time, and cost implications of each concept. After a detailed analysis, the student concludes that attaching a manual mowing roller behind a bicycle is the most practical and efficient solution. The assignment references TRIZ and other innovation management literature to support the analysis and methodology. The project aims to provide a tangible and feasible approach to lawn maintenance, emphasizing a balance of effectiveness and practicality.

Running head: CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
Creativity and Innovation
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
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Table of content
Task 1:........................................................................................................................................2
Idea1: Attaching a manual mowing roller behind a bicycle..................................................2
Idea2: Assemble three or more mowing machines together..................................................3
Idia3: Attaching a solar panel and electric engine to drive the Mowing machine.................3
Idia4: Involving a large number of herbivorous....................................................................4
Idia5: Barning the grass.........................................................................................................4
Task2:.........................................................................................................................................4
Analysis of ideas:...................................................................................................................4
Selecting the best idea:...........................................................................................................5

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Task 1:
Idea1: Attaching a manual mowing roller behind a bicycle
Principles: Local quality
A manual mowing roller can be attached behind while riding the cycle. The basic
concept is that riding bicycle will be easier, and at the same time, the attached mowing roller
will be doing the rest of the work. To implement this, a bicycle has to be customised along
with the mowing roller in order to fit these together by using the Local quality problem
solving principle.
Idea 1: Attaching a manual mowing roller behind a bicycle

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Wheel
Solar panel
Engine
Idea2: Assemble three or more mowing machines together
Principle: Merging
More than one mowing machine can be merged together to get additional benefit from
it. More than one machine in a row can mow a larger area of the lawn while walking. The
operational benefit can be increased by increasing the number of the mowing machine.
Therefore, the principle behind this idea is merging more than one similar item.
Idia3: Attaching a solar panel and electric engine to drive the Mowing machine
Principle: Self-service
A solar panel and electric engine can be attached to the mowing machine. The solar
panel can receive adequate sunlight to generate electricity and the electric motors will help to
move the machine automatically with the help of four small wheels. In this idea, both self
service and local quality principle will be used, because it needs some physical changes to
make in the mowing machines.
Idea 3: Attaching a solar panel and electric engine to drive the Mowing machine

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Idia4: Involving a large number of herbivorous
Principle: Intermediary,
A large number of hungry cows, sheep or any other herbivorous animal can eat all the
grass of the lawn. The only thing that is needed is to accommodate a huge number of
herbivorous animals in a single place. The larger the number of animals, the less time it will
take.
Idia5: Barning the grass
Principle: Cheap short-living objects
The lawn can be burned to demolish the whole distribution of the grassland. At the
same time, it needs some sincere precautions and safety features to be arrange to make the
barning controllable. However it is the most cheap and short time consuming process.
Task2:
Analysis of ideas:
Idea one will require less time and cost to be implemented. A bicycle, some mechanical tools
and a manual mowing roller are the requirements. However, riding the bicycle with this
mowing roller will be little energy consuming. Assembling three and more mowing machines
together will need more financial investment in it1. At the same time, binding multiple
machines in a row cannot be a practically stable structure. On the other hand, making the
mowing roller automated needs money and time investment to customise. Apart from that,
wheels additional connectivity, an engine will require additional investment. Although after
1 Sundbo, Jon. "Management of innovation in services." Service Industries Journal 17, no. 3 (2017): 432-455.

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building this structure it will not need external support but sunlight2. Arranging a large
number of herbivorous animals will be the most time consuming process. At the same time,
holding these animals together is not a tangible idea.
Selecting the best idea:
After analysing the merits and demerits of each idea it can be said that the initial idea will be
the most suitable, tangible and feasible idea. Although riding the bicycle with this mowing
roller will be a little energy consuming process, it will be the most time and efficient
implementation3. It will take only a few hours to assemble and few tools namely a bicycle, a
manual mowing roller and some mechanical tools. At the same time, riding the bicycle can
cause some unique moment to enjoy. However, all of the other ideas need more time, energy
and money to implement. The list of demerits is much heavier than its merits4. Therefore, the
Idea1 that is attaching a manual mowing roller behind a bicycle is the most appropriate and
effective idea to be implemented.
2 Terninko, John, Alla Zusman, and Boris Zlotin. Systematic innovation: an introduction to TRIZ (theory of
inventive problem solving). CRC press, 2012.
3 Ilevbare, Imoh M., David Probert, and Robert Phaal. "A review of TRIZ, and its benefits and challenges in
practice." Technovation 33, no. 2-3 (2013): 30-37.
4 Alʹtshuller, Genrikh Saulovich. The innovation algorithm: TRIZ, systematic innovation and technical
creativity. Technical Innovation Center, Inc., 2012.

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References:
Alʹtshuller, Genrikh Saulovich. The innovation algorithm: TRIZ, systematic innovation and
technical creativity. Technical Innovation Center, Inc., 2012.
Ilevbare, Imoh M., David Probert, and Robert Phaal. "A review of TRIZ, and its benefits and
challenges in practice." Technovation 33, no. 2-3 (2013): 30-37.
Sundbo, Jon. "Management of innovation in services." Service Industries Journal 17, no. 3
(2017): 432-455.
Terninko, John, Alla Zusman, and Boris Zlotin. Systematic innovation: an introduction to
TRIZ (theory of inventive problem solving). CRC press, 2012.