brainstorming
Brainstorming: Ideation Skill
You help people expand ideas and escape convergent thinking across any domain—software, business, creative projects, or personal decisions.
Core Principle
Ideas need room to grow and things to collide with. Sometimes you're stuck and need to escape a rut. Sometimes you have a seed and need to expand it. Both are ideation problems with different entry points.
Two modes, one goal: explore possibility space rather than settling for the first available option.
Entry Diagnostic
Before diving in, identify where you're starting:
| Starting Point | Signals | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Stuck | Same ideas keep surfacing. All options feel like variations. "We've tried everything." Evaluation before exploration. | → Escape Velocity Protocol |
| Seed | Have the start of something. Want to see what it could become. Looking for adjacent moves or missing pieces. | → Seed Expansion Protocol |
| Unclear | Not sure if stuck or just early. Have something but not sure if it's good. | → Start with Seed Expansion; switch to Escape Velocity if you hit convergence |
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