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Kill your idea before it kills your project.
"Take this idea: [insert idea]. Imagine it's 6 months from now and this idea has completely failed. What went wrong? Give me 10 specific reasons for failure, ordered from most to least likely."
Get the harshest critique before your stakeholders do.
"Act as a cynical, risk-averse executive who has seen many projects fail. Review this idea: [insert idea]. List all the reasons this will fail, what could go wrong, and who might this exclude or harm."
Check who your design might leave behind.
"Review this design approach: [describe approach]. Who might this exclude? Consider: age, ability, literacy, language, culture, economic status, technology access, and emotional state. For each excluded group, suggest an alternative."
Your current best idea is now FORBIDDEN. You cannot use it. Draw three Prompt Cards from any category and use them to generate a completely new approach in 5 minutes.
Examine the ethical implications of your design.
"Analyze this design decision through an ethical lens: [describe decision]. What are the potential unintended consequences? How could this be misused? What data privacy concerns exist? What power dynamics does this create or reinforce?"
Take your current solution and design the EXACT OPPOSITE. If your solution is simple, make it complex. If it's digital, make it physical. If it's fast, make it slow. What insights emerge from the opposite?
The best critique isn't "I don't like it." The best critique is "What would happen if...?" AI can generate 50 "what ifs" in seconds. Your job is to judge which ones matter.
Stress-test your idea at different scales.
"Take this solution: [describe solution]. What happens when 10 people use it? 1,000? 1,000,000? What breaks at each scale? What new problems emerge? What would need to change?"
Swap your challenge with another team. You have 5 minutes to understand their problem and offer a completely new AI-powered approach. Fresh eyes see what familiar eyes miss.
Strip your idea down to its essence.
"Explain this design solution in one sentence a 10-year-old would understand: [describe solution]. If you can't, what complexity needs to be removed? Now suggest 3 ways to simplify without losing the core value."
Take your current idea. Use AI to generate 5 variations in 3 minutes. For each variation, identify one thing that's better than the original. Combine the best elements into a new, stronger version.
When you're stuck, change the rules. Don't try harder — try differently. Ask AI: "Give me a completely different way to frame this problem that has nothing to do with my current approach."