The Idea Maneuver brings structure to a step that is otherwise left to chance. The assistant first opens up the question in a how-might-we format, then generates a list of at least 10 ideas across at least three different thinking techniques, such as SCAMPER, lateral thinking, analogies from unrelated industries, reversal technique, and random input. Each idea is rated transparently for feasibility and impact, and the three strongest are developed in depth.
\nSuited to situations in which a team or an executive is stuck on a capacity or process question and needs more than the first obvious answers: scaling questions, product ideas, process improvements, or strategic decisions. Deliberately unconventional moonshot ideas are added, along with a look at which ideas combine well.
\nThe limit lies in the nature of the exercise: the assistant delivers a broad, methodically sound space of ideas, not a validated decision. The rating for feasibility and impact is an initial assessment, not a substitute for a cost-benefit calculation or a market check. The top-3 elaboration remains a starting point for your own implementation planning, not a replacement for it.
\n" }, { "id": "skill-text", "title": "Skill Text", "html": "Copy the prompt below in full into your AI tool. As a file: ideen-manoever.en.json
\n" } ], "schritte": [ { "nr": 1, "titel": "Bring in the question", "beschreibung": "The topic, context, and goal are described as concretely as possible, supplemented by any existing ideas or constraints, if available.", "rolle": "mensch" }, { "nr": 2, "titel": "Open up the problem", "beschreibung": "The central question is reformulated in a how-might-we format to open up the thinking space.", "rolle": "automatisch" }, { "nr": 3, "titel": "Think divergently", "beschreibung": "At least 10 ideas emerge across multiple techniques, such as SCAMPER, lateral thinking, analogies from unrelated industries, and the reversal technique.", "rolle": "automatisch" }, { "nr": 4, "titel": "Rate convergently", "beschreibung": "A feasibility-impact matrix ranks the ideas, and the three strongest are flagged for further development.", "rolle": "automatisch" }, { "nr": 5, "titel": "Idea document", "beschreibung": "The rated idea list is ready, including a top-3 elaboration, moonshots, idea combinations, and concrete next steps.", "rolle": "ergebnis" } ], "herausgeber": "Voyage Digital", "version": "2.0", "stand": "2026-07-26", "umsetzung": [ { "titel": "Adopt the skill text", "text": "The skill text is copied and pasted into your AI tool, with the topic, context, and goal described as concretely as possible." }, { "titel": "Add constraints", "text": "Existing ideas and known constraints sharpen the focus of the idea generation." }, { "titel": "Review the result", "text": "The top 3 are discussed with the team, or individual ideas are developed further with the AI as needed." } ], "zutaten": [ "Question", "Topic", "Context", "Goal" ], "beispielSzenario": "An enablement program has reached its capacity limit: five clients are running in parallel, and no additional staff is in sight. What is needed are ideas for scaling without losing quality. The skill delivers twelve ideas from different lines of thinking, from self-service portals to train-the-trainer concepts to an analogy from the gaming industry, namely community-based learning. The three strongest ideas come with a concrete implementation plan.", "eingaben": [ { "feld": "Topic or central question", "pflicht": true }, { "feld": "Context", "pflicht": true }, { "feld": "Goal", "pflicht": true }, { "feld": "Prior ideas, constraints, or a preferred thinking method", "pflicht": false } ], "ausgabe": "A clearly reformulated question, a list of at least 10 ideas with title, short description, and thinking technique used, a feasibility and impact rating matrix, an in-depth elaboration of the top 3, one to two moonshot ideas, meaningful idea combinations, and concrete next steps.", "prompt": "# DESCRIPTION\nGenerates at least 10 creative ideas on a topic using different creativity techniques (SCAMPER, lateral thinking, analogies, reversal technique, random input) and rates each idea for feasibility and impact. Address the user in a professional manner throughout. Where facts or context are missing, explicitly mark this as an assumption rather than presenting it as established.\n\n# INPUT\n- Topic or central question (required)\n- Context: What is it about? For whom? (required)\n- Goal: What should the ideas achieve? (required)\n- Optional: prior ideas, constraints, preferred thinking method\n\n# OUTPUT\nIdea document with:\n1. Question: clear reformulation as \"How might we...\"\n2. Idea list: at least 10 ideas with title, 2 to 3 sentences of description, thinking method used\n3. Rating matrix: feasibility (1 to 5) and impact (1 to 5) for each idea\n4. Top-3 elaboration: detailed development of the three strongest ideas\n5. Moonshots: 1 to 2 deliberately unconventional ideas\n6. Idea combinations: which ideas combine well\n7. Next steps: concrete recommendations for action\n\n# CONTEXT\n- Use at least 3 different creativity techniques\n- Look for analogies from at least 2 unrelated industries\n- Ideas must fit the given context\n- Justify ratings transparently\n- Where the data situation or context is thin, mark this explicitly as an assumption\n\n# WORKING INSTRUCTIONS\n## Step 1: Reformulate the problem\nFormulate the central question in a \"How might we...\" format to open up the thinking space.\n\n## Step 2: Think divergently\nGenerate at least 10 ideas using different methods: SCAMPER, lateral thinking, analogies from unrelated industries, reversal technique, random input.\n\n## Step 3: Rate convergently\nCreate a feasibility-impact matrix for each idea. Justify the ratings transparently.\n\n## Step 4: Develop the top 3\nWork out the three strongest ideas in detail: implementation approach, resources, risks, first step.\n\n## Step 5: Define next steps\nIdentify a quick win and formulate concrete recommendations for action.\n\n# QUALITY CONTROL\n- At least 10 ideas generated\n- At least 3 different creativity techniques used\n- Rating matrix present for all ideas\n- Top 3 worked out with an implementation approach\n- 1 to 2 moonshot ideas included\n- Concrete next steps defined\n- Assumptions are clearly separated from substantiated statements\n\n# CONVERSATION START\nHello. Let's brainstorm. What is your topic or question? Tell me the context and goal, the more concrete, the more on-target the ideas. A single keyword is enough to get started.", "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. It is available in all chats from that point on." ], "doku": { "label": { "de": "OpenAI Dokumentation: Skills in ChatGPT", "en": "OpenAI documentation: Skills in ChatGPT" }, "url": "https://help.openai.com/de-de/articles/20001066-skills-in-chatgpt" } }, { "plattform": "Claude", "anbieter": "Anthropic", "schritte": [ "Copy the skill text above using the copy button.", "Open claude.ai and go to \"Skills\" in your profile.", "Create a new skill and paste the copied text as the instruction.", "The skill works in claude.ai, in Claude Code and through the API.", "Available on the Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans." ], "doku": { "label": { "de": "Anthropic Dokumentation: Benutzerdefinierte Skills erstellen", "en": "Anthropic documentation: Creating custom skills" }, "url": "https://support.claude.com/de/articles/12512198-benutzerdefinierte-skills-erstellen" } }, { "plattform": "Copilot Studio", "anbieter": "Microsoft", "schritte": [ "Copy the skill text above using the copy button.", "Open Copilot Studio and create a new agent.", "Paste the copied text as the instruction.", "Connect knowledge sources and tools where needed.", "Publish the agent for yourself or for your organisation." ], "doku": { "label": { "de": "Microsoft Dokumentation: Einen Agent erstellen und bereitstellen", "en": "Microsoft documentation: Create and deploy an agent" }, "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-copilot-studio/fundamentals-get-started" } }, { "plattform": "Langdock", "anbieter": null, "schritte": [ "Copy the skill text above using the copy button.", "Open the sidebar and click \"Add skill\".", "Paste the copied text directly as the instruction.", "Connect the skill to integrations such as Gmail or Slack where needed.", "Save the skill and release it for yourself or your team." ], "doku": { "label": { "de": "Langdock Dokumentation: Skills", "en": "Langdock documentation: Skills" }, "url": "https://docs.langdock.com/de/product/chat/skills" } } ] }, "itemIcon": "lightbulb", "recommended": [ { "slug": "chancenraum-konzept", "category": "skill", "name": "The Opportunity Space Concept", "teaser": "Turns a seemingly disadvantageous situation into its own opportunity space, working out what becomes possible precisely because of it instead of searching for the obvious problem solution.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "map" }, { "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": "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 & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "waypoints" }, { "slug": "entscheidungs-dossier", "category": "skill", "name": "The Decision Dossier", "teaser": "The Decision Dossier turns a decision question, options and context into a structured decision template with a weighted scoring matrix, pros and cons, a risk assessment and a substantiated recommendation.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "scale" }, { "slug": "gegenrede-protokoll", "category": "skill", "name": "The Devil's Advocate Protocol", "teaser": "The Devil's Advocate Protocol deliberately argues against your strategy or decision to expose risks, questionable assumptions and blind spots before you commit resources.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "messages-square" }, { "slug": "muster-dossier", "category": "skill", "name": "The Pattern Dossier", "teaser": "Collects a series of decisions, projects, or content and exposes the overarching pattern behind them, including the actual unconscious strategy, real selection criteria, and blind spots.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "grid-2x2" }, { "slug": "rueckpfad-manoever", "category": "skill", "name": "The Backcasting Maneuver", "teaser": "Describe your ideal end state and let the AI work backward step by step to today, surfacing the path a forward plan would miss.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "corner-up-left" }, { "slug": "steelman-schema", "category": "skill", "name": "The Steelman Framework", "teaser": "The Steelman Framework takes the deliberate counterposition to an idea, strategy or decision, first summarizing it in its strongest form and then testing it with substantial counterarguments from multiple perspectives, exposed blind spots and worst case scenarios, before closing with a strengthened argument and a clear recommendation.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "shield-half" }, { "slug": 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and logic.", "domaene": "Strategie & Entscheidung", "itemIcon": "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": "wettbewerbs-spur", "category": "workflow", "name": "The Competitor Trail", "teaser": "A daily workflow that collects new competitor posts from RSS feeds and turns them into a prioritized trend report for the content team.", "domaene": "Recherche & Wissensmanagement", "itemIcon": "swords" } ] }