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Expand from purpose to concepts to directions to ideas (de Bono Concept Fan)
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| name | concept-fan |
| description | Expand from purpose to concepts to directions to ideas (de Bono Concept Fan) |
| execution | strategy |
| used-by | lateral-thinking |
Expand thinking from purpose through concepts to directions to ideas using de Bono's Concept Fan technique. Move between levels of abstraction to find new approaches.
| Resource | Target | Current | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| web-search | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| web-research | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-overview | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-search | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-research | 5 | 0 | 0% |
Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.
| Tactic | Role |
|---|---|
| concept-hierarchy | Build concept levels from purpose through concepts to ideas |
| SOP | Role |
|---|---|
| concept-fan-expansion | Expand fan from purpose → concepts → directions → ideas |
| escape-technique | Escape dominant concept to find alternative concepts |
| fractionation | Split broad concepts into finer units |
| alternatives-generation | Generate alternative ideas at each level |
| lateral-synthesis | Synthesize concept fan outputs |
Perform bisociation at multiple abstraction levels
Complete blend with background knowledge
Compose new connections in blended space
Construct complete 4-space blends with emergent structure. Orchestrates input-space-construction → generic-space-extraction → blend-composition.
Run blend as mental simulation
Combinatorial Creativity Campaign — produce emergent concepts via concept blending, multi-level bisociation, and function combination (Fauconnier-Turner)
