The Opportunity Space Concept reverses the usual direction of thinking. Instead of asking how a disadvantage can be compensated for or a problem eliminated, the assistant asks what becomes possible precisely because of this situation, something that would be impossible under different starting conditions. The key lies in "precisely because" rather than "despite": the perceived shortcoming is not argued away, it becomes the strategic starting point.
\nIt is built for founders, strategy leads and sales teams stuck in a seemingly disadvantageous position, for example with skeptical customers, limited resources or a difficult market, who are looking for a positioning that builds on this starting point instead of hiding it.
\nThe boundary is deliberate: the assistant delivers a methodical reframe with concrete starting points, not a validated market decision. Whether an identified target audience actually holds up or a derived business model works economically is worth checking separately. If a reframe feels forced rather than authentic, that is a signal to honestly re-examine the situation rather than adopt the result.
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\n" } ], "schritte": [ { "nr": 1, "titel": "Describe the problem", "beschreibung": "You describe the situation you perceive as a disadvantage or obstacle, in as much detail as possible.", "rolle": "mensch" }, { "nr": 2, "titel": "Capture", "beschreibung": "The usual way of thinking about a solution is identified and deliberately set aside.", "rolle": "automatisch" }, { "nr": 3, "titel": "Reframing", "beschreibung": "Unique opportunities that arise only because of this situation are worked out, along with the target-audience match and the differentiation.", "rolle": "automatisch" }, { "nr": 4, "titel": "Mapping", "beschreibung": "Hidden assets are uncovered, an opportunity map takes shape, and a concrete implementation is formulated.", "rolle": "automatisch" }, { "nr": 5, "titel": "Result", "beschreibung": "An opportunity space with opportunities, a target-audience match and a concrete implementation proposal is ready.", "rolle": "ergebnis" } ], "herausgeber": "Voyage Digital", "version": "2.0", "stand": "2026-07-26", "umsetzung": [ { "titel": "Choose a situation", "text": "You choose a situation you currently perceive as a disadvantage or obstacle." }, { "titel": "Apply the skill text", "text": "The skill text is copied and the situation is described in it in as much detail as possible." }, { "titel": "Evaluate the opportunities", "text": "The proposed opportunities are checked to see which of them are realistic and viable." }, { "titel": "Derive the positioning", "text": "A unique value proposition that carries the new positioning is formulated from the reframe." } ], "zutaten": [ "Situation", "Context", "Standard solution" ], "beispielSzenario": "You are facing the following situation: many midsize companies are skeptical toward AI applications. Instead of asking how this skepticism can be overcome, the Opportunity Space Concept asks what becomes possible precisely because of this skepticism, something that would not be possible with technology-enthusiastic customers. One possible outcome: skeptical customers often implement new tools more thoroughly than enthusiasts. From this, a positioning as the partner for the most demanding cases can be derived, tailored precisely to this target audience.", "eingaben": [ { "feld": "Situation perceived as a disadvantage or obstacle", "pflicht": true }, { "feld": "Context (industry, market, target audience)", "pflicht": false }, { "feld": "Standard solution that is explicitly not wanted", "pflicht": false } ], "ausgabe": "A list of unique opportunities that arise precisely because of this situation, a target-audience match for the question of who benefits from the perceived shortcoming as an advantage, a differentiation from competitors, hidden assets in the form of overlooked positive side effects, an opportunity map toward a business model built on it, and a concrete implementation proposal.", "prompt": "# DESCRIPTION\nTurns a seemingly disadvantageous situation into its own opportunity space. Instead of looking for a solution to the problem, the assistant works out what becomes possible precisely because of this situation. Address the user in a professional manner throughout. Where facts about the situation are missing, explicitly mark this as an assumption instead of presenting it as established.\n\n# INPUT\n- Situation perceived as a problem or disadvantage, described in as much detail as possible (required)\n- Context: industry, market, target audience (optional)\n- Standard solution that is explicitly not wanted (optional)\n\n# OUTPUT\n- Unique opportunities: What becomes possible precisely because of this situation?\n- Target-audience match: For whom is the perceived shortcoming an advantage?\n- Differentiation: What opportunity space is open that competitors do not have?\n- Hidden assets: positive side effects that are otherwise overlooked\n- Opportunity map: a business model that builds on the disadvantage\n- Concrete implementation: What changes when the situation is treated as an advantage?\n\n# CONTEXT\n- Global placeholders: COMPANY, INDUSTRY, TARGET AUDIENCE\n- Background: affordance theory, reframing, blue ocean strategy, contrarian thinking\n- Constraint: the reframe must stay authentic, not feel forced. Not \"despite\", but \"precisely because\".\n- Where the data on the situation is thin, mark this explicitly as an assumption rather than phrasing it as an established statement.\n\n# WORKING INSTRUCTIONS\n## Step 1: Capture the situation and the standard thinking\nUnderstand the perceived problem and name the usual solution approach before deliberately setting it aside.\n\n## Step 2: Identify unique opportunities\nWhat becomes possible precisely because of this situation that would not be possible in other situations? Which doors open that would otherwise stay closed?\n\n## Step 3: Work out the target-audience match and differentiation\nFor which specific target audience is this situation actually an advantage? What opportunity space exists that competitors do not have?\n\n## Step 4: Uncover hidden assets and map opportunities\nWhich follow-on effects are actually valuable? If the situation is a feature and not a flaw, what business model emerges from it?\n\n## Step 5: Formulate the concrete implementation\nWhat changes concretely? Which customer group is addressed? How is the reframe communicated as a unique value proposition?\n\n# DEFINITION OF DONE\n[ ] The situation is fully reframed from problem to opportunity space\n[ ] At least three distinct opportunities are identified\n[ ] A specific target audience is named for whom the perceived disadvantage is an advantage\n[ ] A concrete implementation proposal is provided\n[ ] The reframe feels authentic, not forced\n[ ] Assumptions are clearly separated from substantiated statements\n\n# CONVERSATION START\nHello. Describe the situation you perceive as a problem or disadvantage. I will show you which opportunity space opens up precisely because of it.", "einrichtung": { "intro": "Step-by-step guides for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot Studio and Langdock.", "plattformen": [ { "plattform": "ChatGPT", "anbieter": "OpenAI", "schritte": [ "Copy the skill text above using the copy button.", "Click your profile picture and select \"Skills\".", "Click \"Create skill\" and paste the copied text as the instruction.", "Adjust inputs, outputs and format where your case requires it.", "Save the skill. 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"recommended": [ { "slug": "fundament-geruest", "category": "skill", "name": "The First Principles Framework", "teaser": "The First Principles Framework strips an existing solution or industry practice down to its fundamental truths and rebuilds it from zero, free of convention.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "blocks" }, { "slug": "ideen-manoever", "category": "skill", "name": "The Idea Maneuver", "teaser": "Generates at least 10 ideas for a given question across multiple creativity techniques and rates each one for feasibility and impact.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "lightbulb" }, { "slug": "umkehr-manoever", "category": "skill", "name": "The Reversal Maneuver", "teaser": "The Reversal Maneuver takes your biggest business constraint and inverts it completely into a concrete competitive advantage, target audience, and business model, instead of merely softening the disadvantage.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "undo-2" }, { "slug": "widerspruchs-schema", "category": "skill", "name": "The Contradiction Resolver", "teaser": "Finds a solution that fully satisfies two seemingly contradictory requirements by questioning the premise behind the conflict and testing sequence, level, and system-redesign approaches instead of settling for a compromise.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "split" }, { "slug": "zeitachsen-manoever", "category": "skill", "name": "The Timeline Maneuver", "teaser": "Places the same problem on a timeline and questions it three times, in the past, present and future, to reveal patterns, blind spots and courses of action.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "calendar-range" }, { "slug": "strategie-sparringspartner", "category": "assistent", "name": "The Strategy Sparring Partner", "teaser": "Checks strategy drafts with the same rigor you would apply to code before a release, systematically attacking assumptions instead of confirming them.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "milestone" }, { "slug": "annahmen-protokoll", "category": "skill", "name": "The Assumption Protocol", "teaser": "The Assumption Protocol exposes a belief layer by layer, from its surface justification down to the root assumption beneath it, and shows honestly which layers actually hold up.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "help-circle" }, { "slug": "business-case-geruest", "category": "skill", "name": "The Business Case Builder", "teaser": "Turns a project idea, its costs and expected benefits into a complete business case with ROI, payback period, three scenarios and a reasoned go or no-go recommendation.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "trending-up" }, { "slug": "domino-raster", "category": "skill", "name": "The Domino Grid", "teaser": "The Domino Grid traces a planned action across five levels of consequences to reveal where the real strategic opportunity actually lies.", "domaene": "Strategie & 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"shield-half" }, { "slug": "wettbewerbskraefte-pruefer", "category": "assistent", "name": "The Five Forces Analyzer", "teaser": "Analyzes an industry systematically using Michael Porter's five competitive forces and derives a well founded assessment of market attractiveness.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "swords" }, { "slug": "grill-me", "category": "tool", "name": "grill-me", "teaser": "grill-me is an external skill repository by Matt Pocock that clarifies plans and designs through persistent questioning, branch by branch, before any code is written.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung" }, { "slug": "feedback-route", "category": "workflow", "name": "The Feedback Route", "teaser": "A daily automated report that sorts incoming customer feedback by sentiment and topic and immediately flags critical cases to the team.", "domaene": "Kundensupport & Service", "itemIcon": "message-square-quote" } ] }