Principlev1PR-2081
Separate idea generation sessions from evaluation sessions…
Separate idea generation sessions from evaluation sessions to prevent anchoring on early options and allow full exploration of the solution space.
Why This Is a Principle
This principle derives from Creation and evaluation are distinct cognitive operations… (creation and evaluation interfere when simultaneous). It prescribes temporal separation of cognitive modes. This is a concrete design pattern for preventing premature evaluation from suppressing generation.
Source Lessons
Making team thinking visible
Externalization practices applied at the team level reveal collective thinking that would otherwise remain invisible and unimprovable.
Team cognitive biases
Groups have their own biases above and beyond individual ones — groupthink, anchoring, shared information bias, and polarization.