Lateral Thinking
Provocations to break logic
- Best for
- escaping obvious solutions
- Time
- 30–60 min
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Example
Stuck on a feature: how to surface insight without alert fatigue
Provocations to break logic
- Reversal — "What if we sent fewer alerts than people want?"
- Wishful thinking — "What if alerts knew which one mattered today?"
- Random word "library" — what if insights were curated like a librarian?
- Exaggeration — "What if there was only ONE notification per week?"
- Escape — "What if we removed the notification feature entirely?"
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