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Paper illustration for Worst Possible Idea
Innovation
Worst Possible Idea
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Purposedifferent
For a seemingly familiar problem with paralyzing seriousness, the method dissolves pressure and fear of judgment. It deliberately makes failure pictures extreme, so hidden assumptions become visible faster. This clarifies what a workable path should avoid.When a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly.For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.
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Timedifferent
20-45 min60-120 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bad Idea List, Reframed Concepts, Idea ShortlistContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist
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IdeationCreativityDivergence
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
IdeationInnovationCreativity
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