🚀 Ready to try? Let's ideate

Using your company's AI assistant of choice, you're going to try ideation (brainstorming) to solve a problem. Instead of colleagues, you'll brainstorm with AI using the templates below.

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Generate Terrible Ideas

Start with intentionally bad solutions to break through mental barriers

Terrible Ideas Generator
You are a [insert role name/job title]. Problem statement: [Describe the problem you are trying to solve or address]. Using the problem statement, generate five terrible [solutions/ideas]. The [solutions/ideas] should be unique, ridiculous and impractical solutions. For each idea: • Clearly describe the idea. • Briefly explain why it's terrible — focus on feasibility, logic, ethics, or unintended consequences.
Complete these tasks:
Customize the template with your specific role and problem
Paste the template into your AI assistant
Review the terrible ideas generated
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Transform Into Insights

Extract viable insights from the flaws and reverse-engineer practical solutions

Insight Extractor
Reverse the negative aspects and flaws for each of the five ideas and try to extract a viable insight hidden within the flaws and negative aspects. Propose more practical, feasible and ethical [solutions/ideas] based on the original [solutions/ideas] that would work in the real world.
Complete these tasks:
Use this prompt to transform your terrible ideas
Review the practical solutions generated
Identify the most promising insights
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Prioritize & Plan

Rank your solutions and create an actionable implementation plan

Solution Prioritizer
Analyse the five reimagined [solutions/ideas] and prioritise them from best to worst based on the most practical, feasible and ethical [solutions/ideas] first. Explain your reasoning and highlight the top idea and suggest one small next step to begin testing or implementing it.
Complete these tasks:
Get prioritized ranking of your solutions
Save your favorite solutions for future reference
Take the suggested next step
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