Brainstorming Prompts

Generate 20 ideas for [problem/opportunity]. Don't self-censor—include wild ideas. Aim for quantity over quality first. Cover different approaches: incremental, disruptive, borrowed from other industries, and "what if we did the opposite?"

Apply SCAMPER to improve [existing product/process]: Substitute (what could replace a component?), Combine (what could merge?), Adapt (what could be modified?), Modify (what could change scale/form?), Put to other uses, Eliminate, Reverse.

Brainstorm solutions for [problem] with this constraint: [impossible-seeming constraint]. What if we had no budget? What if it had to launch tomorrow? What if we could only use existing resources? Constraints spark creativity.

How would [other industry] solve this problem: [your problem]? Think like: a video game designer, a restaurant, Netflix, Amazon, a theme park, a hospital. Extract principles that could apply to my context.

Take these separate ideas and combine them into new concepts: [list ideas]. Look for: unexpected pairings, ideas that strengthen each other, and combinations that create something neither achieves alone. Create 5 hybrid concepts.

Help me refine this rough idea: [describe idea]. Make it: more specific, more achievable, more differentiated from alternatives, and more compelling. Identify the core insight and strip away unnecessary complexity.