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Capture uncommitted solver robustness work (regularization, domain errors, linear solver lifecycle, tube DP/MSH), web workbench updates, and synced BMAD skills across IDE agent folders before starting BPHX pressure-drop.

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category,technique_name,description,detail,provenance,good_for,audience
collaborative,Yes And Building,"Never negate; each person opens with ""Yes, and..."" and adds to the last idea, stacking a chain of accepted additions",,classic,novel|unstuck|planning,group
collaborative,Brain Writing Round Robin,"Everyone writes ideas silently, then passes their sheet; you build on whatever lands in front of you, round after round",,classic,novel|feature,group
collaborative,Random Stimulation,"Pull a random word or image and force a link to the problem: ""how does THIS spark a solution?""",,classic,unstuck|novel,either
collaborative,Role Playing,"Each person speaks as a different stakeholder, voicing what that role wants, fears, and would demand of the idea",,classic,strategy|personal|feature,either
collaborative,Ideation Relay Race,"30-second turns, no pausing: add one idea, slap it to the next person, keep the baton moving before anyone overthinks",,playful,unstuck,group
collaborative,Idea Hot Potato,"One idea gets tossed around the circle; each catcher must mutate it in 10 seconds before passing, no repeats allowed",,playful,unstuck,group
collaborative,Steal And Upgrade,"Pick a neighbor's idea you envy, claim it out loud, then make it visibly better before handing it back improved",,signature,novel|unstuck,group
collaborative,Fold The Paper,"Each person adds one line to a hidden drawing or sentence, sees only the previous fragment, then unfold the surreal whole",,playful,unstuck|novel,group
creative,What If Scenarios,"Detonate one constraint at a time — unlimited budget, opposite is true, problem vanished — and chase what rushes in",,signature,novel|strategy|unstuck,either
creative,Analogical Thinking,Ask 'this is like what?' and steal the solution pattern from the domain that answers,,signature,feature|novel|diagnosis,either
creative,First Principles Thinking,"Strip every assumption to bedrock facts, then rebuild the solution from scratch on truth alone",,classic,feature|novel|diagnosis|strategy,either
creative,Forced Relationships,Grab two unrelated things at random and force a bridge between them until an idea falls out,,signature,novel|unstuck,either
creative,Time Shifting,"Solve the problem as a 1900s artisan, then a 2150 colonist — harvest the era-bound constraints and tricks",,signature,novel|unstuck,either
creative,Metaphor Mapping,"Declare the problem IS a chosen metaphor, extend the metaphor fully, map each part back to find insights",,signature,novel|diagnosis,either
creative,Cross-Pollination,"Ask how a wildly different industry — casinos, ERs, beekeeping — would crack this, then adapt their move",,signature,novel|feature|strategy,either
creative,Concept Blending,"Fuse two concepts into one new hybrid category and name what the merger becomes, not just combines",,signature,novel,either
creative,Reverse Brainstorming,Generate problems instead of solutions — 'how could we make this fail?' — then mine each for its inverse,,classic,diagnosis|feature|unstuck,either
creative,Sensory Exploration,"Interrogate the idea through each sense — its taste, smell, sound, texture — to surface non-analytical angles",,signature,novel|unstuck,either
deep,Five Whys,"Ask ""why?"" five times in a chain, each answer feeding the next, until you hit the root cause beneath the symptom",,classic,diagnosis,either
deep,Provocation Technique,"State something deliberately absurd, then mine it: ""how could this be useful?"" Extract the usable principle hiding inside",,classic,unstuck|novel,either
deep,Assumption Reversal,"List every assumption baked into the problem, flip each to its opposite, then rebuild a solution on the inverted foundation",,classic,novel|diagnosis|strategy,either
deep,Question Storming,"Generate only questions about the problem, zero answers allowed, until the real problem worth solving comes into focus",,classic,diagnosis|strategy|unstuck,either
deep,Constraint Mapping,"Map every constraint, sort real from imagined, then attack each: dissolve it, route around it, or turn it into an asset",,signature,feature|strategy|diagnosis,either
deep,Failure Analysis,"Dissect a relevant failure: what broke, why it broke, what lesson it leaves, and how to apply that wisdom here",,signature,diagnosis|strategy|feature,either
deep,Emergent Thinking,Stop forcing a solution; watch what patterns the system keeps producing and name what's trying to emerge on its own,,signature,strategy|novel,either
deep,Causal Loop Mapping,"Diagram the feedback loops linking causes and effects, find the reinforcing and balancing cycles, and target the leverage point",,classic,diagnosis|strategy,either
deep,Morphological Analysis,"List the problem's independent parameters, generate options for each, then combine across them to surface untried configurations",,classic,feature|novel|planning,either
deep,Laddering,"Ask 'and what would that give you?' up the chain until you reach the real underlying need, then ideate fresh at that level",,classic,personal|strategy|diagnosis,either
introspective_delight,Inner Child Conference,"Answer as your 7-year-old self: ask naive 'why why why' questions, chase wonder, ban every boring adult thought",,signature,personal|unstuck,solo
introspective_delight,Shadow Work Mining,"Name what you're avoiding, resisting, or scared of about this — then dig there for the buried insight",,signature,personal|diagnosis,solo
introspective_delight,Values Archaeology,Keep asking 'why do I care?' until you hit bedrock: the non-negotiable value secretly steering the choice,,signature,personal|strategy,solo
introspective_delight,Future Self Interview,Interview your wise 80-year-old self about this problem and write down the advice they give you,,signature,personal,solo
introspective_delight,Body Wisdom Dialogue,"Scan for the tension, flutter, or gut pull each option triggers; let the body's yes/no drive the ideas",,signature,personal,solo
introspective_delight,Permission Giving,"Write yourself an explicit permission slip to think the forbidden, impossible thought — then think it out loud",,signature,personal|unstuck,solo
introspective_delight,Secret Wish Confession,"Whisper the embarrassing thing you secretly want here but won't admit, then build the idea honoring it",,signature,personal,solo
introspective_delight,Mood Weather Report,"Name the inner weather right now (fog, storm, sun) and let that exact emotional climate generate the ideas",,signature,personal|unstuck,solo
structured,SCAMPER Method,"Run your idea through seven lenses: Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put-to-other-use, Eliminate, Reverse",,classic,feature|novel,either
structured,Six Thinking Hats,"Examine the problem six ways one at a time: facts, feelings, benefits, risks, new ideas, process",,classic,strategy|diagnosis|planning|personal,either
structured,Decision Tree Mapping,"Chart every choice point and the paths it forks into, following each branch to its outcome and risk",,signature,planning|strategy|diagnosis,either
structured,Solution Matrix,"Grid problem variables against solution approaches, score every cell, hunt the best pairings and empty gaps",,signature,feature|planning,either
structured,Trait Transfer,"Name what makes an unrelated success work, then graft those winning traits onto your own problem",,signature,novel|feature,either
structured,Lotus Blossom,"Put the theme at the center of a 3x3 grid, fill the 8 cells around it, then promote each of those to the center of its own new 3x3",,classic,feature|planning|novel,either
structured,Worst Possible Idea,"Deliberately generate the most terrible solutions you can, then flip each into what it teaches you to do right",,classic,unstuck|novel,either
structured,Disney Method,"Cycle the idea through three rooms: Dreamer (anything goes), Realist (how we'd build it), Critic (what breaks)",,classic,feature|strategy|planning,either
structured,Starbursting,"Interrogate the idea with only questions — who, what, where, when, why, how — exhaust each before answering any",,classic,feature|planning|diagnosis,either
structured,Mind Mapping,"Branch the central topic outward, each node spawning children; follow tangents wherever they pull and let the web sprawl",,classic,planning|novel|feature,either
structured,Crazy 8s,"Eight ideas in eight minutes, one per box, no editing — speed outruns your inner critic",,classic,feature|novel|unstuck,either
theatrical,Time Travel Talk Show,"Host a talk show interviewing your past, present, and future selves to mine each era for advice on the problem",,playful,novel|personal,either
theatrical,Alien Anthropologist,"Become a baffled alien studying the problem and narrate aloud what seems strange, arbitrary, or insane about it",,playful,diagnosis|unstuck|strategy,either
theatrical,Dream Fusion Laboratory,"Voice the impossible fantasy solution first, then reverse-engineer the bridging steps back to reality",,signature,novel|unstuck,either
theatrical,Emotion Orchestra,"Run a separate ideation round led by each emotion (rage, joy, fear, hope), then harmonize their conflicting ideas",,playful,personal|strategy,either
theatrical,Parallel Universe Cafe,"Rewrite one fundamental rule of reality (physics, economics, social norms) and solve the problem under those laws",,playful,novel|unstuck,either
theatrical,Persona Journey,"Embody an archetype and solve the problem in-character, naming what that persona sees that you normally miss",,signature,feature|strategy,either
theatrical,Devil's Advocate Courtroom,"Stage a trial: prosecute the idea, defend it, then deliver the jury verdict, each role argued fully in character",,signature,strategy|diagnosis,group
wild,Chaos Engineering,"Deliberately break your idea every way it could fail, then rebuild only the parts that survive the wreckage",,signature,feature|diagnosis|strategy,either
wild,Guerrilla Gardening Ideas,Plant your solution in the least expected place and let it grow underground until it surprises everyone,,playful,strategy|unstuck,either
wild,Pirate Code Brainstorm,"Steal the best bits from anywhere, remix without asking permission, grab what works and run",,playful,novel|unstuck,either
wild,Zombie Apocalypse Planning,"Society just collapsed — strip your idea to only what survives with no power, no rules, no backup",,playful,feature|strategy|unstuck,either
wild,Drunk History Retelling,"Explain it like you're three drinks in: no filter, no jargon, just the raw stupid-simple truth",,playful,unstuck|diagnosis,either
wild,Anti-Solution,"Brainstorm how to make the problem spectacularly worse, then invert every sabotage into a fix",,signature,diagnosis|unstuck,either
wild,Elemental Forces,"Let fire, water, earth, and air each sculpt your idea their own brutal way and see what survives",,playful,novel|unstuck,either
biomimetic,Nature's Solutions,"Name an organism that already solved your problem, then copy its mechanism into your design",,signature,feature|novel,either
biomimetic,Ecosystem Thinking,"Map your problem as an ecosystem: who eats whom, who partners, what decays, what fills the gaps",,signature,strategy|diagnosis,either
biomimetic,Evolutionary Pressure,"Spawn many ugly variants, apply a brutal selection rule, breed the survivors, repeat until it adapts",,signature,feature|novel,either
biomimetic,Predator & Prey,"Pick a threat to your idea, then design the defense, camouflage, or escape an animal would evolve against it",,signature,strategy|feature,either
biomimetic,Metamorphosis Stages,"Force your idea through egg, larva, pupa, adult: a radically different form and purpose at each life stage",,signature,novel|strategy,either
biomimetic,Swarm Logic,Forbid the master plan: solve it with dumb local rules each agent follows so order emerges from the bottom up,,signature,feature|strategy,either
quantum,Observer Effect,"Ask how the act of watching, measuring, or shipping this idea changes the very thing you're trying to capture",,signature,strategy|diagnosis,either
quantum,Entanglement Thinking,Pair two distant parts of the problem and insist a change in one instantly flips the other — surface the hidden linkage,,signature,diagnosis|strategy,either
quantum,Superposition Collapse,"Hold all rival solutions alive at once, then name the one constraint that collapses them to a single winner",,signature,strategy|diagnosis,either
quantum,Relativity Frame Shift,"Re-run the idea from a wildly different observer's reference frame — the slow user, the rival, future-you — and see what warps",,signature,strategy|novel,either
quantum,Field Lines,Treat the goal as a charge and map the invisible forces pulling every stakeholder toward or away from it,,signature,strategy,either
quantum,Quantum Tunneling,"Assume the idea can pass straight through the 'impossible' barrier instead of over it — what's on the other side, reached cheaply",,signature,unstuck|novel,either
cultural,Indigenous Wisdom,"Ask how an indigenous or traditional knowledge system would approach this — name the culture, channel its ancestral problem-solving",,signature,personal|strategy|novel,either
cultural,Fusion Cuisine,Pick two unrelated cultures and force-blend their approaches; harvest the hybrid that neither alone would invent,,signature,novel,either
cultural,Ritual Innovation,"Redesign the idea as a ceremony — define the threshold, the gestures, the transformation participants undergo",,signature,novel|personal,either
cultural,Mythic Frameworks,"Map the problem onto a myth: name the archetypes, find the parallel tale, let its structure dictate the resolution",,signature,strategy|personal|novel,either
cultural,Proverb Mining,"Collect proverbs from many cultures on this theme, then build the solution from the one that clashes hardest with your assumptions",,signature,personal|strategy,either
cultural,Ancestor Council,"Convene three ancestors or elders from different traditions, voice each one's verdict on your idea, reconcile their disagreement",,signature,personal|strategy,either
cultural,Trickster's Gambit,"Channel the trickster figure — coyote, Anansi, Loki — and solve it by cheating, inverting, or breaking the sacred rule",,playful,unstuck|strategy,either
absurdist,Villain's Monologue,Pitch your problem as an evil mastermind gloating about their scheme; the diabolical plan reveals the real solution,,playful,diagnosis|strategy|unstuck,either
absurdist,Explain It to a Golden Retriever,"Re-pitch the idea to an excitable dog who only cares about treats, balls, and naps; keep only what survives",,playful,unstuck|diagnosis|feature,either
absurdist,Infomercial at 3AM,"Sell your half-baked idea as a desperate late-night infomercial: 'But wait, there's more!' until features fall out",,playful,strategy|novel,either
absurdist,Drunk Uncle at Thanksgiving,"Have your loudest, least-filtered relative rant about the problem; mine the unhinged hot takes for buried truth",,playful,unstuck|diagnosis,either
absurdist,Cursed Genie,"Make a wish, then let a malicious genie grant it in the most technically-correct disastrous way; patch each loophole",,playful,diagnosis|feature,either
absurdist,Three Rounds of Stupid,"Round 1 absurd ideas, Round 2 make each MORE absurd, Round 3 find the smallest serious thing hiding in the silliest",,playful,unstuck|novel,either
constraint,Kill the Crown Jewel,"Delete the single best, most beloved feature — now redesign the whole thing to win without it",,signature,feature|strategy|unstuck,either
constraint,1000x Budget,"Pretend money, time, and people are infinite — design the absurd version, then mine it for ideas you can actually steal",,signature,novel|strategy,either
constraint,Ship in 60 Minutes,"You launch in one hour with what's already on hand — name what you cut, fake, or borrow to make it real",,signature,feature|planning|unstuck,either
constraint,The $0 Mandate,"Achieve the goal spending literally nothing — no tools, hires, or ads; only people, favors, and what you own",,signature,planning|strategy|feature,either
constraint,One Feature Only,"You may keep exactly ONE capability and nothing else — pick it, then make that single thing unbelievably good",,signature,feature|strategy,either
constraint,Crank the Dial to 11,"Pick one dimension and exaggerate it to a ludicrous extreme — fastest, biggest, cheapest, weirdest — and see what breaks open",,signature,novel|unstuck,either
constraint,Constraint Roulette,"Each round draw a brutal random limit (no screens, half the team, one day) and re-solve under it; survivors become real ideas",,signature,unstuck|feature,either
speculative_future,Time Horizon Ladder,"Solve the idea for 1 year out, then 10, then 100 — note what survives, breaks, or becomes absurd at each rung",,signature,strategy|planning|novel,either
speculative_future,Post-Scarcity Test,"Assume the core constraint (money, energy, time, attention) is now infinite and free — what does the idea become",,signature,novel|strategy,either
speculative_future,Utopia vs Dystopia Split-Screen,Write the same future twice: the brochure where it went perfectly and the headline where it went horribly,,signature,strategy|diagnosis,either
speculative_future,Sci-Fi Artifact From the Future,"Describe one physical object, ad, or news clip from the world where this idea already won — reverse-engineer it",,signature,novel|feature,either
speculative_future,Emerging Tech Collision,"Force-marry your idea to a frontier tech (AGI, fusion, neural implants, gene edit) and ask what new thing is born",,signature,novel|feature|strategy,either
speculative_future,What-If-The-World-Changed Card Flip,"Draw a wild world-shift (no privacy, half population, 200-yr lifespans) and redesign the idea to fit that world",,signature,novel|unstuck,either
speculative_future,Future Anthropologist Dig,"A scholar in 2200 unearths your idea as a relic — what do they conclude it reveals about us, and what replaced it",,signature,strategy|novel,either
structured,How Might We,"Reframe the problem as a batch of 'How might we...' opportunity questions first, then ideate against the sharpest one",,classic,feature|novel|strategy|diagnosis,either
structured,Job to Be Done,"Ask what the user is really hiring this to do, then ideate around that underlying job, not the feature you assumed",,classic,feature|strategy|novel,either
structured,Empathy Map,"Map what the user says, thinks, does, and feels around the problem, then mine each quadrant for the unmet need",,classic,feature|personal,either
structured,Backcasting,"Fix the finished future in vivid detail, then work backward step by step to the one move you'd have to make first",,classic,strategy|planning|novel,either
deep,TRIZ Contradiction,"Name the core contradiction (what only improves by making something else worse), then brainstorm ways to win both instead of trading off",,classic,feature|novel|diagnosis,either
deep,Fishbone Diagram,"Branch the problem's spine into cause categories (people, process, tools, environment) and mine each bone for contributing causes",,classic,diagnosis,either
deep,Build on What Works,"Name what's already succeeding and why, then ideate how to amplify and extend it instead of fixing what's broken",,classic,personal|strategy,either
speculative_future,Scenario Cross,"Pick two high-impact uncertainties, cross them into four futures, and ideate the move that wins in every one",,classic,strategy|planning,either
1 category technique_name description detail provenance good_for audience
2 collaborative Yes And Building Never negate; each person opens with "Yes, and..." and adds to the last idea, stacking a chain of accepted additions classic novel|unstuck|planning group
3 collaborative Brain Writing Round Robin Everyone writes ideas silently, then passes their sheet; you build on whatever lands in front of you, round after round classic novel|feature group
4 collaborative Random Stimulation Pull a random word or image and force a link to the problem: "how does THIS spark a solution?" classic unstuck|novel either
5 collaborative Role Playing Each person speaks as a different stakeholder, voicing what that role wants, fears, and would demand of the idea classic strategy|personal|feature either
6 collaborative Ideation Relay Race 30-second turns, no pausing: add one idea, slap it to the next person, keep the baton moving before anyone overthinks playful unstuck group
7 collaborative Idea Hot Potato One idea gets tossed around the circle; each catcher must mutate it in 10 seconds before passing, no repeats allowed playful unstuck group
8 collaborative Steal And Upgrade Pick a neighbor's idea you envy, claim it out loud, then make it visibly better before handing it back improved signature novel|unstuck group
9 collaborative Fold The Paper Each person adds one line to a hidden drawing or sentence, sees only the previous fragment, then unfold the surreal whole playful unstuck|novel group
10 creative What If Scenarios Detonate one constraint at a time — unlimited budget, opposite is true, problem vanished — and chase what rushes in signature novel|strategy|unstuck either
11 creative Analogical Thinking Ask 'this is like what?' and steal the solution pattern from the domain that answers signature feature|novel|diagnosis either
12 creative First Principles Thinking Strip every assumption to bedrock facts, then rebuild the solution from scratch on truth alone classic feature|novel|diagnosis|strategy either
13 creative Forced Relationships Grab two unrelated things at random and force a bridge between them until an idea falls out signature novel|unstuck either
14 creative Time Shifting Solve the problem as a 1900s artisan, then a 2150 colonist — harvest the era-bound constraints and tricks signature novel|unstuck either
15 creative Metaphor Mapping Declare the problem IS a chosen metaphor, extend the metaphor fully, map each part back to find insights signature novel|diagnosis either
16 creative Cross-Pollination Ask how a wildly different industry — casinos, ERs, beekeeping — would crack this, then adapt their move signature novel|feature|strategy either
17 creative Concept Blending Fuse two concepts into one new hybrid category and name what the merger becomes, not just combines signature novel either
18 creative Reverse Brainstorming Generate problems instead of solutions — 'how could we make this fail?' — then mine each for its inverse classic diagnosis|feature|unstuck either
19 creative Sensory Exploration Interrogate the idea through each sense — its taste, smell, sound, texture — to surface non-analytical angles signature novel|unstuck either
20 deep Five Whys Ask "why?" five times in a chain, each answer feeding the next, until you hit the root cause beneath the symptom classic diagnosis either
21 deep Provocation Technique State something deliberately absurd, then mine it: "how could this be useful?" Extract the usable principle hiding inside classic unstuck|novel either
22 deep Assumption Reversal List every assumption baked into the problem, flip each to its opposite, then rebuild a solution on the inverted foundation classic novel|diagnosis|strategy either
23 deep Question Storming Generate only questions about the problem, zero answers allowed, until the real problem worth solving comes into focus classic diagnosis|strategy|unstuck either
24 deep Constraint Mapping Map every constraint, sort real from imagined, then attack each: dissolve it, route around it, or turn it into an asset signature feature|strategy|diagnosis either
25 deep Failure Analysis Dissect a relevant failure: what broke, why it broke, what lesson it leaves, and how to apply that wisdom here signature diagnosis|strategy|feature either
26 deep Emergent Thinking Stop forcing a solution; watch what patterns the system keeps producing and name what's trying to emerge on its own signature strategy|novel either
27 deep Causal Loop Mapping Diagram the feedback loops linking causes and effects, find the reinforcing and balancing cycles, and target the leverage point classic diagnosis|strategy either
28 deep Morphological Analysis List the problem's independent parameters, generate options for each, then combine across them to surface untried configurations classic feature|novel|planning either
29 deep Laddering Ask 'and what would that give you?' up the chain until you reach the real underlying need, then ideate fresh at that level classic personal|strategy|diagnosis either
30 introspective_delight Inner Child Conference Answer as your 7-year-old self: ask naive 'why why why' questions, chase wonder, ban every boring adult thought signature personal|unstuck solo
31 introspective_delight Shadow Work Mining Name what you're avoiding, resisting, or scared of about this — then dig there for the buried insight signature personal|diagnosis solo
32 introspective_delight Values Archaeology Keep asking 'why do I care?' until you hit bedrock: the non-negotiable value secretly steering the choice signature personal|strategy solo
33 introspective_delight Future Self Interview Interview your wise 80-year-old self about this problem and write down the advice they give you signature personal solo
34 introspective_delight Body Wisdom Dialogue Scan for the tension, flutter, or gut pull each option triggers; let the body's yes/no drive the ideas signature personal solo
35 introspective_delight Permission Giving Write yourself an explicit permission slip to think the forbidden, impossible thought — then think it out loud signature personal|unstuck solo
36 introspective_delight Secret Wish Confession Whisper the embarrassing thing you secretly want here but won't admit, then build the idea honoring it signature personal solo
37 introspective_delight Mood Weather Report Name the inner weather right now (fog, storm, sun) and let that exact emotional climate generate the ideas signature personal|unstuck solo
38 structured SCAMPER Method Run your idea through seven lenses: Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put-to-other-use, Eliminate, Reverse classic feature|novel either
39 structured Six Thinking Hats Examine the problem six ways one at a time: facts, feelings, benefits, risks, new ideas, process classic strategy|diagnosis|planning|personal either
40 structured Decision Tree Mapping Chart every choice point and the paths it forks into, following each branch to its outcome and risk signature planning|strategy|diagnosis either
41 structured Solution Matrix Grid problem variables against solution approaches, score every cell, hunt the best pairings and empty gaps signature feature|planning either
42 structured Trait Transfer Name what makes an unrelated success work, then graft those winning traits onto your own problem signature novel|feature either
43 structured Lotus Blossom Put the theme at the center of a 3x3 grid, fill the 8 cells around it, then promote each of those to the center of its own new 3x3 classic feature|planning|novel either
44 structured Worst Possible Idea Deliberately generate the most terrible solutions you can, then flip each into what it teaches you to do right classic unstuck|novel either
45 structured Disney Method Cycle the idea through three rooms: Dreamer (anything goes), Realist (how we'd build it), Critic (what breaks) classic feature|strategy|planning either
46 structured Starbursting Interrogate the idea with only questions — who, what, where, when, why, how — exhaust each before answering any classic feature|planning|diagnosis either
47 structured Mind Mapping Branch the central topic outward, each node spawning children; follow tangents wherever they pull and let the web sprawl classic planning|novel|feature either
48 structured Crazy 8s Eight ideas in eight minutes, one per box, no editing — speed outruns your inner critic classic feature|novel|unstuck either
49 theatrical Time Travel Talk Show Host a talk show interviewing your past, present, and future selves to mine each era for advice on the problem playful novel|personal either
50 theatrical Alien Anthropologist Become a baffled alien studying the problem and narrate aloud what seems strange, arbitrary, or insane about it playful diagnosis|unstuck|strategy either
51 theatrical Dream Fusion Laboratory Voice the impossible fantasy solution first, then reverse-engineer the bridging steps back to reality signature novel|unstuck either
52 theatrical Emotion Orchestra Run a separate ideation round led by each emotion (rage, joy, fear, hope), then harmonize their conflicting ideas playful personal|strategy either
53 theatrical Parallel Universe Cafe Rewrite one fundamental rule of reality (physics, economics, social norms) and solve the problem under those laws playful novel|unstuck either
54 theatrical Persona Journey Embody an archetype and solve the problem in-character, naming what that persona sees that you normally miss signature feature|strategy either
55 theatrical Devil's Advocate Courtroom Stage a trial: prosecute the idea, defend it, then deliver the jury verdict, each role argued fully in character signature strategy|diagnosis group
56 wild Chaos Engineering Deliberately break your idea every way it could fail, then rebuild only the parts that survive the wreckage signature feature|diagnosis|strategy either
57 wild Guerrilla Gardening Ideas Plant your solution in the least expected place and let it grow underground until it surprises everyone playful strategy|unstuck either
58 wild Pirate Code Brainstorm Steal the best bits from anywhere, remix without asking permission, grab what works and run playful novel|unstuck either
59 wild Zombie Apocalypse Planning Society just collapsed — strip your idea to only what survives with no power, no rules, no backup playful feature|strategy|unstuck either
60 wild Drunk History Retelling Explain it like you're three drinks in: no filter, no jargon, just the raw stupid-simple truth playful unstuck|diagnosis either
61 wild Anti-Solution Brainstorm how to make the problem spectacularly worse, then invert every sabotage into a fix signature diagnosis|unstuck either
62 wild Elemental Forces Let fire, water, earth, and air each sculpt your idea their own brutal way and see what survives playful novel|unstuck either
63 biomimetic Nature's Solutions Name an organism that already solved your problem, then copy its mechanism into your design signature feature|novel either
64 biomimetic Ecosystem Thinking Map your problem as an ecosystem: who eats whom, who partners, what decays, what fills the gaps signature strategy|diagnosis either
65 biomimetic Evolutionary Pressure Spawn many ugly variants, apply a brutal selection rule, breed the survivors, repeat until it adapts signature feature|novel either
66 biomimetic Predator & Prey Pick a threat to your idea, then design the defense, camouflage, or escape an animal would evolve against it signature strategy|feature either
67 biomimetic Metamorphosis Stages Force your idea through egg, larva, pupa, adult: a radically different form and purpose at each life stage signature novel|strategy either
68 biomimetic Swarm Logic Forbid the master plan: solve it with dumb local rules each agent follows so order emerges from the bottom up signature feature|strategy either
69 quantum Observer Effect Ask how the act of watching, measuring, or shipping this idea changes the very thing you're trying to capture signature strategy|diagnosis either
70 quantum Entanglement Thinking Pair two distant parts of the problem and insist a change in one instantly flips the other — surface the hidden linkage signature diagnosis|strategy either
71 quantum Superposition Collapse Hold all rival solutions alive at once, then name the one constraint that collapses them to a single winner signature strategy|diagnosis either
72 quantum Relativity Frame Shift Re-run the idea from a wildly different observer's reference frame — the slow user, the rival, future-you — and see what warps signature strategy|novel either
73 quantum Field Lines Treat the goal as a charge and map the invisible forces pulling every stakeholder toward or away from it signature strategy either
74 quantum Quantum Tunneling Assume the idea can pass straight through the 'impossible' barrier instead of over it — what's on the other side, reached cheaply signature unstuck|novel either
75 cultural Indigenous Wisdom Ask how an indigenous or traditional knowledge system would approach this — name the culture, channel its ancestral problem-solving signature personal|strategy|novel either
76 cultural Fusion Cuisine Pick two unrelated cultures and force-blend their approaches; harvest the hybrid that neither alone would invent signature novel either
77 cultural Ritual Innovation Redesign the idea as a ceremony — define the threshold, the gestures, the transformation participants undergo signature novel|personal either
78 cultural Mythic Frameworks Map the problem onto a myth: name the archetypes, find the parallel tale, let its structure dictate the resolution signature strategy|personal|novel either
79 cultural Proverb Mining Collect proverbs from many cultures on this theme, then build the solution from the one that clashes hardest with your assumptions signature personal|strategy either
80 cultural Ancestor Council Convene three ancestors or elders from different traditions, voice each one's verdict on your idea, reconcile their disagreement signature personal|strategy either
81 cultural Trickster's Gambit Channel the trickster figure — coyote, Anansi, Loki — and solve it by cheating, inverting, or breaking the sacred rule playful unstuck|strategy either
82 absurdist Villain's Monologue Pitch your problem as an evil mastermind gloating about their scheme; the diabolical plan reveals the real solution playful diagnosis|strategy|unstuck either
83 absurdist Explain It to a Golden Retriever Re-pitch the idea to an excitable dog who only cares about treats, balls, and naps; keep only what survives playful unstuck|diagnosis|feature either
84 absurdist Infomercial at 3AM Sell your half-baked idea as a desperate late-night infomercial: 'But wait, there's more!' until features fall out playful strategy|novel either
85 absurdist Drunk Uncle at Thanksgiving Have your loudest, least-filtered relative rant about the problem; mine the unhinged hot takes for buried truth playful unstuck|diagnosis either
86 absurdist Cursed Genie Make a wish, then let a malicious genie grant it in the most technically-correct disastrous way; patch each loophole playful diagnosis|feature either
87 absurdist Three Rounds of Stupid Round 1 absurd ideas, Round 2 make each MORE absurd, Round 3 find the smallest serious thing hiding in the silliest playful unstuck|novel either
88 constraint Kill the Crown Jewel Delete the single best, most beloved feature — now redesign the whole thing to win without it signature feature|strategy|unstuck either
89 constraint 1000x Budget Pretend money, time, and people are infinite — design the absurd version, then mine it for ideas you can actually steal signature novel|strategy either
90 constraint Ship in 60 Minutes You launch in one hour with what's already on hand — name what you cut, fake, or borrow to make it real signature feature|planning|unstuck either
91 constraint The $0 Mandate Achieve the goal spending literally nothing — no tools, hires, or ads; only people, favors, and what you own signature planning|strategy|feature either
92 constraint One Feature Only You may keep exactly ONE capability and nothing else — pick it, then make that single thing unbelievably good signature feature|strategy either
93 constraint Crank the Dial to 11 Pick one dimension and exaggerate it to a ludicrous extreme — fastest, biggest, cheapest, weirdest — and see what breaks open signature novel|unstuck either
94 constraint Constraint Roulette Each round draw a brutal random limit (no screens, half the team, one day) and re-solve under it; survivors become real ideas signature unstuck|feature either
95 speculative_future Time Horizon Ladder Solve the idea for 1 year out, then 10, then 100 — note what survives, breaks, or becomes absurd at each rung signature strategy|planning|novel either
96 speculative_future Post-Scarcity Test Assume the core constraint (money, energy, time, attention) is now infinite and free — what does the idea become signature novel|strategy either
97 speculative_future Utopia vs Dystopia Split-Screen Write the same future twice: the brochure where it went perfectly and the headline where it went horribly signature strategy|diagnosis either
98 speculative_future Sci-Fi Artifact From the Future Describe one physical object, ad, or news clip from the world where this idea already won — reverse-engineer it signature novel|feature either
99 speculative_future Emerging Tech Collision Force-marry your idea to a frontier tech (AGI, fusion, neural implants, gene edit) and ask what new thing is born signature novel|feature|strategy either
100 speculative_future What-If-The-World-Changed Card Flip Draw a wild world-shift (no privacy, half population, 200-yr lifespans) and redesign the idea to fit that world signature novel|unstuck either
101 speculative_future Future Anthropologist Dig A scholar in 2200 unearths your idea as a relic — what do they conclude it reveals about us, and what replaced it signature strategy|novel either
102 structured How Might We Reframe the problem as a batch of 'How might we...' opportunity questions first, then ideate against the sharpest one classic feature|novel|strategy|diagnosis either
103 structured Job to Be Done Ask what the user is really hiring this to do, then ideate around that underlying job, not the feature you assumed classic feature|strategy|novel either
104 structured Empathy Map Map what the user says, thinks, does, and feels around the problem, then mine each quadrant for the unmet need classic feature|personal either
105 structured Backcasting Fix the finished future in vivid detail, then work backward step by step to the one move you'd have to make first classic strategy|planning|novel either
106 deep TRIZ Contradiction Name the core contradiction (what only improves by making something else worse), then brainstorm ways to win both instead of trading off classic feature|novel|diagnosis either
107 deep Fishbone Diagram Branch the problem's spine into cause categories (people, process, tools, environment) and mine each bone for contributing causes classic diagnosis either
108 deep Build on What Works Name what's already succeeding and why, then ideate how to amplify and extend it instead of fixing what's broken classic personal|strategy either
109 speculative_future Scenario Cross Pick two high-impact uncertainties, cross them into four futures, and ideate the move that wins in every one classic strategy|planning either