workshop

MANDATORY PREPARATION

Invoke /product-thinking — it contains the Context Gathering Protocol and the AI Slop Test. Follow the protocol before proceeding.

Mindset

A workshop is not brainstorming. Brainstorming produces 40 ideas and zero decisions. A workshop starts from grounded inputs — what users actually do, what competitors actually ship, where value actually flows — and converges on opportunities worth pursuing.

This is a conversation, not a monologue. Push back. Ask "why would someone care?" Challenge assumptions. The best workshops produce two or three sharp ideas, not twenty vague ones.

Context Pull

Load all available intelligence:

1. Product context. Read .acumen.md — strategy, positioning, stage, constraints.
2. Personas. Read .acumen/personas.md — who we serve, their behaviors, workarounds, pain points.
3. Features. Read .acumen/features.md — what exists today, gaps, decay.