Brainstorm: [topic] – YYYY-MM-DD

Diverge first, converge second. The rules below are the difference between a brainstorm and a meeting that produces nothing.

Field	Value
Topic	[question to explore]
Facilitator	@name
Participants	@name, @name
Duration	NN min

The question

[One specific, answerable question. "How might we ..." works well.]

Rules

• Quantity over quality – defer judgment during diverge
• Build on others' ideas ("yes, and...")
• No evaluation until the converge phase
• Wild ideas welcome; practicality comes later

Diverge (silent writing first)

Ideas as they came – no order, no ownership:

1. [idea]
2. [idea]
3. [idea]
4. ...

Cluster

Theme	Ideas
[theme]	1, 3, 7
[theme]	2, 5

Converge – top candidates

Idea	Effort	Impact	Votes
[idea]	S / M / L	H / M / L	N

Decided

• Pursue now: [idea] – owner @name, first step by YYYY-MM-DD
• Park: [ideas worth revisiting]
• Kill: [ideas explicitly dropped – say why]

Follow-ups

• [action] – @name – by YYYY-MM-DD