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Innovation Navigator · Strategic Game · P4.10
Lean Ideation
endless brainstorming→structured divergence with built-in selection
The Goal
Generate more, better ideas in less time through disciplined divergence and disposable prototypes.
Ideal For
Innovation labs, design teams, and problem-solving sessions stuck between unstructured brainstorming and premature convergence.
The Shift
From endless brainstorming to structured divergence with built-in selection.
The Neuroscience
The brain defaults to cognitive efficiency, preferring familiar ideas. Constrained divergence (quantity goals, opposite thinking, role swapping) forces the prefrontal cortex into deliberate exploration. Quantity-first ideation reduces evaluation anxiety, freeing the Default Mode Network — the engine of novel associations — to surface non-obvious connections.