Surfaces the hidden assumptions an idea depends on, sorts them by risk (likelihood-it's-false × damage-if-false) across desirability, viability, feasibility, and usability, then designs the cheapest test for the riskiest ones. Use when you say "what has to be…
Use when you need a competitive analysis brief or competitor teardown for one or more rivals or a feature area. Triggers include "competitive analysis", "build a battlecard for [competitor]", "how do we compare to X", "where should we differentiate",…
Turns a large volume of customer feedback (support tickets, app-store reviews, NPS verbatims, survey free-text) into ranked themes with sentiment, volume, and trend-over-time. Use when you have hundreds or thousands of comments and need to know "what are…
Runs a structured environmental scan using SWOT, PESTEL, Porter's Five Forces, and Ansoff growth options, then synthesizes them into 2-3 strategic implications. Use when you need to assess a market before entering it, pressure-test a strategy, prep a board or…
Runs a Klein pre-mortem on a project — assumes it already failed, brainstorms why, scores each failure mode by likelihood × impact, and attaches a mitigation plus an early-warning signal to the top risks. Use when launching a feature, kicking off a quarter,…
Adversarially attacks a PRD, strategy, or plan to find its holes before reality does — naming load-bearing assumptions, weakest links, and what a skeptical exec or competitor would exploit. Steelmans the plan first, then attacks it hard. Use when you're about…
Synthesize user research from interviews, surveys, and feedback into structured, evidence-backed insights. Use when you have a pile of notes to make sense of and say things like "synthesize these interviews", "find themes in this feedback", "what are users…
Sorts a pile of inbound feature requests from sales, support, and users into themes, quantifies demand behind each, and recommends build / watch / decline with a templated reply for every requester. Use when you say "I have 40 requests to go through," "what…