reverse-brainstorming

name	reverse-brainstorming
description	How to make it worse? → reverse for solutions. Generate anti-solutions then invert to discover novel approaches.
execution	strategy
used-by	assumption-destruction

Reverse Brainstorming

How to make it worse? → reverse for solutions.

State Ledger

Resource	Target	Current	%
web-search	15	0	0%
web-research	5	0	0%
paper-overview	15	0	0%
paper-search	10	0	0%
paper-research	3	0	0%

HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

Available Tactics

Tactic	Role
inversion-protocol	Reverse → extract → build constructive alternatives

Available SOPs

SOP	Role
reversal-generation	Generate "how to make it worse" statements
worst-case-design	Design deliberately bad solutions
inversion-extraction	Extract insights from reversed solutions
constructive-rebellion	Build positive solutions from negative insights
destruction-synthesis	Synthesize reverse brainstorming outputs

Execution Guidance

1. Reframe: Restate the problem as "How could we make this as bad as possible?"
2. Generate anti-solutions: Use reversal-generation to produce failure modes
3. Elaborate worst cases: Use worst-case-design to flesh out the worst approaches
4. Invert: Use inversion-extraction to flip each anti-solution into insight
5. Build: Use constructive-rebellion to form viable solutions from inversions
6. Synthesize: Produce structured output via destruction-synthesis