Take a vague idea to something concrete enough to actually pitch
Divergence without convergence is just a longer list of vague ideas.
- Outcome
- A genuinely developed concept, stress-tested against the obvious objection, ready to actually present rather than a still-fuzzy notion.
- Time
- 45-60 minutes
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Idea development often stops at divergence — generating options — without the equally important convergence step of actually developing one option into something concrete and pressure-tested. This playbook runs both: first genuinely diverging into different concrete versions of a vague idea, then converging by developing the strongest one and stress-testing it against the obvious objection, so what comes out the other end is actually pitchable.
When not to use this
If you already have a specific, developed concept and just need feedback, skip to the stress-test step. This is for when the idea is still genuinely vague.
Did this work?
You have a specific, developed concept you could pitch in two minutes, with the obvious objection already addressed, not a still-vague notion dressed up with enthusiasm.
Tested on claude-opus-5. Evidence status is draft; it moves to battle-tested only on recorded runs, never by hand.