divergence

Turns ideas, open questions, and testable next steps into a tangible result through defining a challenge, agreeing on rules, and clustering and selecting outcomes.

Core question: What range of solution ideas can we generate for the challenge before we converge and choose?

30-60 min

4-12

Turns ideas, open questions, and testable next steps into a tangible result by setting a challenge, starting a timer, and voting or combining ideas.

Core question: Which eight distinct solution directions can we visualize in eight minutes to break fixation on one idea?

8-15 min

1-10

Turns ideas, open questions, and testable next steps into a tangible result by defining the central challenge, deriving eight major themes, and shortlisting ideas.

Core question: Which eight thematic fields open up the solution space of the central challenge, and what concrete ideas emerge in each field?

45-90 min

3-10

Turns ideas, open questions, and testable next steps into a tangible result by clarifying the challenge, collecting the worst ideas, and deriving useful alternatives.

Core question: Which intentionally bad ideas for the challenge reveal principles that can be inverted into usable solutions?

20-45 min

3-12

A strict timebox pushes quick idea volume first, then clusters and selects options after the burst is complete.

Core question: What range of ideas does the team generate in a hard timebox when every evaluation is deliberately suppressed?

5-20 min

1-20

Alternating divergent and convergent phases keep problem framing and solution design visibly separated for product work.

Core question: What framed problem and what implemented solution does the team deliver through deliberate divergence and convergence across two diamonds?

Wochen bis Monate

3-12