Webinar: MetaLens — From Tradeoffs to Solutions by Shree Phadnis

Webinar:

«MetaLens — From Tradeoffs to Solutions»

March 20, 2026

Time: 13:00-14:00 CET (Central European Time)

Smart teams often struggle not because they lack intelligence, but because their workflow does not force clarity, tradeoffs, and verification early. MetaLens is a repeatable facilitation workflow that orchestrates TRIZ-family methods, structured questioning, and AI—so contradictions become testable solutions rather than endless debate.

Challenges addressed

• Why do smart teams still struggle to align—even when everyone has “the same facts”?
• Why do we discover the real tradeoff after the decision (speed vs quality, growth vs trust, cost vs resilience)?
• Why do we keep fixing symptoms—because the problem framing was wrong?
• Why do AI-assisted answers feel fast—but later prove brittle, unverified, or incomplete?
• Why do solutions that “work” today create second-order failures tomorrow?

Why many AI-assisted answers still break in practice

LLMs alone still fall short because:

• Ungrounded → outputs aren’t automatically tied to real constraints, sources, or system state
• Confident error → fluent answers can mask missing evidence
• Single-track → one narrative unless forced to compare tradeoffs
• Risk-blind by default → second-order effects get missed
• Hard to verify → no built-in acceptance tests or falsification checks

Tools + AI + prompting still fall short without orchestration because:

• Boundary mismatch → the right method applied to the wrong problem
• Concept-to-action gap → “great analysis,” no executable next step
• Prompt fragility → small wording changes create coverage holes
• Tool overload → too much method surface area to run consistently
• No quality gates → contradictions, risks, and robustness checks get skipped

What you will learn

In the webinar, we will demonstrate a practical workflow that helps teams:

• Combine the incompatible: rigorous systems methods and daily usability and AI speed
• Invert the pain: treat disagreement as a sensor—each “no” reveals constraints and resources
• Shift domains: run decisions like air-traffic control—track routes, predict collisions early, land safely
• Go to extremes: compress weeks of debate into a repeatable output in one session
• Progressive disclosure: one-page clarity with an optional appendix for rigor (speed without shallowness)

The Critical Questions Gate (Socratic checklist)

• What are we assuming is true?
• What evidence would falsify our current belief?
• What’s the constraint/bottleneck?
• What tradeoff are we hiding?
• What’s the smallest safe test?

Why this works (micro-proof)

Teams often get stuck when the process does not force the “hard questions” early—assumptions, hidden tradeoffs, constraints, and falsification tests. MetaLens introduces lightweight quality gates so decisions become testable and robust, not political.

Proposed 60-minute agenda

• 0–5 min — Context: why alignment fails even with “the same facts”
• 5–20 min — Where AI-only and tool-only approaches break (real failure modes)
• 20–45 min — Live walkthrough of the MetaLens workflow (example decision)
• 45–55 min — How to run a pilot in your organization (inputs, roles, outputs)
• 55–60 min — Q&A

Who should attend

• TRIZ practitioners who want a fast, repeatable facilitation flow for complex problem situations.
• Engineers, R&D, product leaders, and innovation managers solving multi-constraint challenges.
• Newcomers to TRIZ who want a practical entry point without heavy theory.

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