Maria Thompson

Topic: Increasing Your Innovation IQ

Creative problem solving skills are critical for success in any scientific or technical profession. We will cover what you should know about patents, intellectual property, reframing problems as open-ended, thought-provoking questions, TRiZ (the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving), and coordinating and facilitating targeted ideation sessions to improve your individual and team creative problem solving skills.

Maria B. Thompson is Director of Intellectual Asset Management Process and Tools in Motorola's Law Department. She manages a team of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Process and Information Technology specialists, benchmarking industry best practices, ensuring stability of IPR management tools, and applying Digital Six Sigma principles to continuously enhance systems and tools and automate processes for increased operational efficiency, as well as data currency and accuracy.

This current role includes facilitation of Directed Innovation sessions, generating technology and product-focused solutions to problems and ensuring their codification as patent disclosures or product features.

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