creative-ideation-perspective-rotation

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Rotate through reviewer/practitioner/theorist/time-machine/novice perspectives systematically. Ensures comprehensive viewpoint coverage.

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Perspective Rotation

Rotate through reviewer/practitioner/theorist/time-machine/novice perspectives systematically.

Stages

Stage 1: Reviewer 2 Hat

Adopt hostile reviewer stance. Find fatal flaws, logical gaps, missing evidence, and unstated assumptions. Use reviewer2-hat SOP.

Stage 2: Practitioner Hat

Switch to engineer perspective. Assess buildability, cost, timeline, technical debt, and integration challenges. Use practitioner-hat SOP.

Stage 3: Theorist Hat

Adopt theorist role. Assess formal foundations, mathematical rigor, theoretical completeness, and formalization opportunities. Use theorist-hat SOP.

Stage 4: Time Machine

Project to multiple time horizons. How does this look from 5yr/50yr/500yr future? What's obsolete, what endures? Use time-machine SOP.

Stage 5: Novice Perspective

Become deliberate novice. Question every "obvious" assumption. Ask "why?" repeatedly. Find hidden complexity masquerading as simplicity. Use novice-perspective SOP.

Stage 6: Synthesize

Combine all perspective outputs into integrated multi-perspective assessment. Identify convergent insights and divergent tensions. Use perspective-synthesis SOP.

Minimum Yield

Metric	Floor
Perspectives applied	≥5
Unique insights per perspective	≥3
Cross-perspective convergences	≥2
Actionable improvements identified	≥5

Available SOPs

SOP	Role
reviewer2-hat	Stage 1 — hostile reviewer perspective
practitioner-hat	Stage 2 — engineer perspective
theorist-hat	Stage 3 — theorist perspective
time-machine	Stage 4 — temporal projection
novice-perspective	Stage 5 — novice questioning
perspective-synthesis	Stage 6 — synthesize all outputs

Available SOPs

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

SOP	When to use
novice-perspective	Novice perspective — question the 'obvious' by adopting deliberate ignorance to reveal hidden complexity.
perspective-synthesis	Synthesize all perspective outputs into a structured multi-perspective idea report.
practitioner-hat	Engineer perspective — assess buildability, cost, timeline, and integration challenges.
reviewer2-hat	Hostile reviewer perspective — find fatal flaws, logical gaps, and missing evidence in a solution.
theorist-hat	Theorist perspective — assess theoretical foundations, formal rigor, and formalization opportunities.
time-machine	Temporal projection — view a solution from future/past time horizons to generate temporally-informed insights.