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Generate more distinct options before choosing one
Add evidence-aware group ideation and morphological option-generation tools that widen the search space while keeping evaluation, consensus and causal claims separate.
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2 heuristics · 1 principle · 5 protocols
8 elements
Protocol
Generate in writing before the group starts talking
Give ideas a chance to exist before they need social permission.
Read the idea ProtocolAlternate private generation with shared idea review
Use the group as input, then give people room to recombine it.
Read the idea HeuristicInvite one deliberately different discipline into ideation
A different vocabulary can expose a different solution family.
Read the idea PrincipleSeparate generation, clarification and ranking
Do not make an idea win the moment it is born.
Read the idea ProtocolUse a nominal round before the vote
Let participation become visible before preference becomes public.
Read the idea ProtocolBuild a morphological box from the design dimensions
Make the option space visible before searching it.
Read the idea ProtocolForce combinations across dimensions to surface new options
Combination is where the box starts doing work.
Read the idea HeuristicPrune impossible combinations before judging attractive ones
Remove contradictions first; preference can wait.
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