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
dependencies	{"sops":["constructive-rebellion","destruction-synthesis","inversion-extraction","reversal-generation","worst-case-design"],"tactics":["inversion-protocol"]}

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

Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Tactic	When to use
inversion-protocol	Reverse statements → extract insights → build constructive alternatives. Systematic inversion pipeline from negation to innovation.

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
constructive-rebellion	Build constructive alternatives from destructive negation. Transform violated assumptions into viable innovation directions.
destruction-synthesis	Synthesize all assumption destruction outputs into structured destructive innovation report.
inversion-extraction	Extract constructive insights from worst solutions. Transform failure analysis into innovation directions.
reversal-generation	Systematically reverse positive statements to generate creative inversions. Produces reversed statements with initial associations.
worst-case-design	Design the worst possible solution. Deliberate failure engineering to reveal hidden constraints and inversion opportunities.