Multi Perspective Ideation

Multi-Perspective Ideation

Generate ideas through 8 expert personas, cross-pollinate them, evaluate systematically, and deep-dive into the most promising ones.

Workflow

digraph ideation {
    "Phase 0: Setup" -> "Phase 1: Diverge";
    "Phase 1: Diverge" -> "Phase 2: Cross-Pollinate";
    "Phase 2: Cross-Pollinate" -> "Phase 3: Evaluate";
    "Phase 3: Evaluate" -> "Phase 4: Deep Dive";
    "Phase 2: Cross-Pollinate" -> "Phase 3: Evaluate" [style=dashed, label="skip ok"];
    "Phase 1: Diverge" -> "Phase 3: Evaluate" [style=dashed, label="skip ok"];
}

Each phase can be skipped if the user requests it. Always confirm before proceeding to the next phase.

Phase 0: Setup

1. Confirm the theme (what to ideate about)
2. Ask 1-2 questions about context and constraints (target audience, budget, timeline, domain, etc.) — keep it brief
3. Confirm personas: default 8 experts, or ask if the user wants to add/replace any
   • Default 8: Creative Expert, Technical Expert, Business Expert, Academic Researcher, Social Scientist, Disruptor, Humorist, Adventurer
   • For custom personas, see references/personas.md for creation guidelines

Output language: Match the user's input language.

Phase 1: Diverge

Each expert generates 2-3 ideas (total 16-24 ideas).

Output format per expert:

### 🎨 Creative Expert (or relevant emoji per persona)

1. **[Idea Name]** — [1-2 sentence description]
   💡 Why this persona suggests it: [1 sentence reasoning]

2. **[Idea Name]** — [1-2 sentence description]
   💡 Why this persona suggests it: [1 sentence reasoning]

Persona detail: Read references/personas.md for each persona's thinking style, lens, and typical angles. Use these to ensure ideas genuinely differ across personas — not generic ideas with different labels.

Quality gate: Each idea must be specific and actionable, not abstract platitudes. "Use AI" is bad. "Build an AI that analyzes customer complaints to auto-generate product improvement tickets" is good.

After output, ask the user: "Phase 2（融合）に進みますか？ それともこの中から気になるアイデアはありますか？"

Phase 2: Cross-Pollinate

Combine ideas from different personas to create 5-8 hybrid ideas.

Output format:

### Hybrid Ideas

1. **[Hybrid Idea Name]**
   - 🔀 Source: [Persona A] "#[idea number]" × [Persona B] "#[idea number]"
   - 💡 Fusion insight: [What combining these two perspectives reveals]
   - 📝 Description: [2-3 sentences]

2. ...

Selection criteria for combinations:

• Prioritize unexpected pairings (e.g., Humorist × Academic, Disruptor × Business)
• Each hybrid must produce something neither source idea alone would suggest
• Avoid trivial merges ("just do both")

After output, ask the user: "Phase 3（評価）に進みますか？ 評価軸をカスタマイズしたい場合はお知らせください。"

Phase 3: Evaluate

Score all ideas (Phase 1 + Phase 2) on a matrix.

Default evaluation axes (1-5 scale):

If the user specified custom axes in Phase 0 or here, use those instead.

Output format:

## Evaluation Matrix

| # | Idea | Source | Feas. | Impact | Novel | Cost Eff. | Total |
|---|------|--------|-------|--------|-------|-----------|-------|
| 1 | [name] | Creative #1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | [name] | Hybrid #3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| ... |

### 🏆 Top Ideas

1. **[#1 Idea Name]** (Total: XX) — [1 sentence on why it ranks high]
2. **[#2 Idea Name]** (Total: XX) — [1 sentence]
3. **[#3 Idea Name]** (Total: XX) — [1 sentence]

Sort by total score descending. Highlight top 3-5 as "注目アイデア".

After output, ask: "どのアイデアを深掘りしますか？ 番号で1〜3個選んでください。"

Phase 4: Deep Dive

For each selected idea (1-3), produce a structured mini-proposal:

## Deep Dive: [Idea Name]

### Overview
[1 paragraph description — what it is and why it matters]

### Target
[Who benefits and why they care]

### Implementation Steps
1. [Concrete step 1]
2. [Concrete step 2]
3. [Concrete step 3]
(3-5 steps)

### Risks & Mitigations
| Risk | Mitigation |
|------|-----------|
| [risk 1] | [mitigation] |
| [risk 2] | [mitigation] |

### Success Metrics
- [Metric 1]: [Target]
- [Metric 2]: [Target]

### First Action
🚀 [The one thing to do tomorrow to start moving]

After output, ask: "他にも深掘りしたいアイデアはありますか？ または最初のテーマで追加のアイデア出しをしますか？"

Quick Reference