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Reverse Innovation Workshop

Apply reverse innovation thinking to [product/process]

Role-Based

Prompt

Apply reverse innovation thinking to [product/process]. Step 1: "What if we had to deliver this at 1/10th the cost?" — forced constraints list. Step 2: What currently expensive components could be simplified, removed, or replaced with free alternatives? Step 3: How might someone in [resource-constrained market] solve this problem from scratch? Step 4: What surprising capabilities does the "worse" solution actually have? Step 5: How could these stripped-down innovations disrupt the premium market?

How to use this prompt

  1. 1

    Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.

  2. 2

    Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.

  3. 3

    Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.

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