thinkies-connect-domains

Follow these steps:

1. Strip to deep structure

Describe the problem's deep structure without domain language: entities, relationships, constraints, goal.

2. Search distant domains

Find a structurally similar solved problem outside the current field — biology, other industries, physical processes, games, social structures.

3. Study the solution

Study how their solutions work and why.

4. Map it back

What transfers directly, what needs adaptation, what breaks?

5. Extract the principle

Extract the underlying principle that makes the solution work.