Brainstorming

Techniques for the Critique and Converge phases — clustering, feasibility assessment, premortem, and user-led selection. MUST NOT be introduced until divergence is complete.

Concrete generation techniques for the Diverge phase. Goal is volume, variety, and surprise — not quality or feasibility. Feasibility assessment belongs in the Critique phase.

How to run a brainstorming conversation without anchoring the human's thinking: yes-and stance, open questions, reflective mirroring, explicit phase transitions, single-voice mediation, and bounded persona bursts.

Concrete techniques for surfacing and reframing the real problem before idea generation begins. Apply before any divergent phase.