T TRIZ Consulting Est. 1992 · Seattle, WA Free Webinar
34 Years of Inventive Practice
34 · 1992 — 2026 TRIZ MASTER · Z. ROYZEN

Engineering the unsolvable
into the inevitable.

We are a small Seattle firm of TRIZ practitioners working alongside the engineers and scientists who build aircraft, semiconductors, materials, and medical devices. Our method — TOP-TRIZ — is the most complete modern reformulation of Altshuller's theory of inventive problem solving.

34YR
Continuous practice
since 1992
$100M+
Documented client
cost reduction
300+
Patents filed by
course alumni
1/60
TRIZ Masters
worldwide
Boeing Alcoa Avery Dennison Bridgestone Firestone Clorox Ford Hewlett Packard Kimberly-Clark Kodak Lexmark Moen NASA PACCAR Philips Samsung Siemens Western Digital Xerox
01 / METHOD

Classical TRIZ, refined for the way modern teams work.

TOP-TRIZ is Z. Royzen's reformulation of Altshuller's TRIZ — the same physics-grade rigor, condensed into a clear flowchart and a single shared vocabulary. It is the version we have used to train inventors at Boeing, Saint-Gobain and Bridgestone for three decades.

i.

Tool · Object · Product

A single function model that replaces the original substance-field formalism. Cleaner, more general, and translatable across mechanical, chemical, electronic and software domains alike.

ii.

One algorithm, end‑to‑end

From problem formulation through ARIZ, root-cause analysis, ideal ways and direct ways — every step is part of a single coherent flowchart your team can run together.

iii.

Solutions, not theory

The promise is concrete: if a solution to your contradiction exists, the method will surface it. Course alumni hold patents, win invention awards, and lead corporate workshops of their own.

02 / TRAINING

The most complete TRIZ training program in the United States.

Five live, instructor-led programs taught online from Seattle. Begin with the free webinar; advance through certification at your own pace. All cohorts are taught personally by Z. Royzen.

03 / VOICES

From the engineers who use the method every day.

Selected from three decades of correspondence with our students and clients — Boeing Associate Technical Fellows, Saint-Gobain senior scientists, university faculty.

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The TOP‑TRIZ algorithm is complete. If a solution to your challenge exists, you will find it.
Senior Scientist
Peter R. Menge, Ph.D.
Saint-Gobain Crystals
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The most useful, the most stimulating and the most satisfying training of my career in engineering.
Associate Technical Fellow · Certified TRIZ Practitioner
Ted Barnes
The Boeing Company
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A no‑compromises way to employ the full power of classical TRIZ — without all the down time to learn it.
Lead Engineer · Certified TRIZ Practitioner
Mark Richardson
The Boeing Company
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A practical tool for solving all types of engineering, scientific and business problems. Highly recommended.
P.E. · Mechanical Design Engineer
Ross Blanton
The Boeing Company
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Royzen has made TRIZ more coherent and easier to use — and easier to integrate with other engineering disciplines.
Associate Professor, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Kai Yang, Ph.D.
Wayne State University

Beyond training: consulting on the contradictions you cannot afford to leave on the table.

For three decades we have been called in by R&D leaders to formulate the contradictions inside their hardest problems and to surface the inventive solutions hiding inside them. Engagements range from a single afternoon workshop to multi-quarter embedded practice.

Our consulting work has helped clients save hundreds of millions of dollars, win new orders, improve product reliability and protect new directions with patents.

New · 2025 Machine Design feature on TOP-TRIZ
Begin with the free overview

The next cohort starts September 22. Bring a problem.

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