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Root Cause Analysis From Symptoms
Walk a messy incident or business miss through causes, evidence, and the one change that would stop a repeat.
Brainstorming
Generate ideas in quantity, then filter them with constraints so you leave with a shortlist, not a vibe.
Run a structured brainstorm, then a filter. Challenge: {{challenge}} Audience / user: {{audience}} Constraints that are real: {{constraints}} How wild I want round 1: {{wildness}} How many to keep: {{keep}} Phase 1: 20 ideas, numbered, one line each. No judging. Phase 2: Score the 20 on impact, effort, and fit to {{constraints}} (1–5). Phase 3: Shortlist of {{keep}} with a next experiment for each (smallest test). Kill ideas that ignore a hard constraint. Do not give me 20 slogans for the same idea.
Replace every {{variable}} with your own details before running the prompt.
5 variables
Scroll to see every variable.
Walk a messy incident or business miss through causes, evidence, and the one change that would stop a repeat.
Write a one-page decision memo: options, criteria, recommendation, and what would change your mind.
Run Five Whys on a problem that keeps coming back, and stop at a cause you can actually change.