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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.For persistent errors or blockages, the method shifts the view to the opposite of the desired effect. It exposes the mechanics of failure and makes hidden causes easier to grasp. This makes improvement more concrete and the problem clearer.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30–45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend8-15 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-103-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsRAID Log, Status Report SourceSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsReverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution Ideas
Tagsno overlap
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk
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