Brainstorming

Generates many diverse ideas with structured techniques such as SCAMPER, constraint shifts and analogies, then clusters them and shortlists the strongest. Use when obvious answers fall short.

Clusters a long list of ideas into named themes, merges duplicates without losing any idea, and ranks the clusters against stated criteria with reasons. Use after a brainstorm or survey.

Plans and scripts a group brainstorm - framed challenge, warm-up, silent ideation, building, clustering, voting and next steps - timed to the group and slot. For teams generating ideas together.

Generates solutions by abstracting a problem to its core structure, borrowing how nature, other industries and history solved the same structure, and adapting the best ones with a cheap test.

Runs a reverse brainstorm by asking how to make a problem worse, spots which sabotage ideas are already happening, flips each into a solution and ranks the solutions by impact and effort.

Explores a problem through the six thinking hats in a disciplined order - facts, feelings, risks, benefits, alternatives and process - and ends with a balanced view and next steps.