| name | lateral-escape |
| description | de Bono lateral escape sequence — identify dominant idea, generate provocations (escape/reversal/exaggeration/distortion), follow consequences to extract new framings. Breaks paradigm lock-in. |
| execution | tactic |
| dependencies | {"sops":["consequence-following","deep-insight-provocation-generation","deep-insight-web-research","dominant-idea-identification"]} |
Lateral Escape
Break paradigm lock-in through systematic provocation.
Operations
dominant-idea-identification → provocation-generation → consequence-following
Available SOPs
Subagent: dominant-idea-identification, provocation-generation, consequence-following
Import: web-research
Execution Guidance
First identify what everyone "knows" (the dominant idea), then systematically challenge it via PO provocations (4 types: escape, reversal, exaggeration, distortion), follow each provocation's consequences to see if viable new framings emerge.
The goal is not to prove the dominant idea wrong — it is to escape its gravitational pull and discover what becomes visible from outside it.
Minimum Yield
<HARD-GATE>
- Dominant ideas identified: >= 2
- Provocations generated: >= 4 (one per type minimum)
- Consequence chains followed: >= 3
- Viable new framings extracted: >= 1
</HARD-GATE>
Available SOPs
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| SOP | When to use |
|---|
| consequence-following | Follow a provocation's logical consequences step by step to extract viable insights and new research directions. |
| deep-insight-provocation-generation | Generate de Bono lateral thinking provocations to challenge dominant ideas using escape, reversal, exaggeration, and distortion. |
| deep-insight-web-research | Deep web research with full page fetching via Apify. Import of web-browsing/web-research skill. Must fetch full page — no conclusions from previews. |
| dominant-idea-identification | Identify dominant paradigms and assumptions constraining thinking in a research field. |
