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The ideas nobody says out loud are where good projects hide their failures. These 5 folders each open a different angle: engineer the failure then flip it to prevention (Worst Idea First), sweep an idea through four lenses at once (Four-Lens Sweep), put the beliefs a plan rests on on trial (Assumption Audit), story the journey end to end (Storyboard the Journey), and build forward on every offer with yes-and (Yes-And Ramp). Each runs 15–25 minutes with printed cards — no account, no projector.

Worst Idea First Listed Assessment Reverse brainstorming: spend five minutes engineering how the project fails, then flip every item into prevention. The awkward things get said inside a game that rewards saying them. 8–20 people 20 min offline + online no props creativity Yes-And Ramp Listed Build one idea by going around with accepts-only “yes, and” turns — a plain seed climbs until it's unrecognisable. Printable cards. 4–12 people 15 min offline + online print props creativity Four-Lens Sweep Listed Review one idea four times — Facts, Feelings, Risks, Upside — the whole room in one lens at a time, so it's seen whole, not argued. Printable cards. 4–10 people 20 min offline + online print props creativity Assumption Audit Listed Surface the unwritten beliefs a plan rests on, tag and rank the fragile ones, and date who checks each. Printable cards. 3–8 people 20 min offline + online print props creativity Storyboard the Journey Listed Draw one person's whole journey as panels, mark each high / low / hope, then draw the line — the shape points at the valley nobody owned. Printable cards. 4–12 people 25 min offline + online print props creativity

fitting this into a 90-minute session

Ideation games work when the stakes are low and the output stays visible. Pair the activity with a brief you are actually stuck on, and leave the worst ideas on the wall.
One folder is not an agenda. Fit it into the five-block shape in How to design a 90-minute workshop: wake them, run something real, protect the energy, run it deeper, send them out with a date on paper.
Compare by the room, not the category. The scenario shelves say what survives a video call, a 15-minute slot or twenty people: Quick & short, Remote-friendly, Large group.
The drawer grows. New folders land as they are filed — see what has been filed, or get them in your inbox.

paper first, optional after

Every folder above prints and runs with markers only — no account, no projector. If you want the same measure as a live form, or answers on the room's big screen, each folder page carries an optional section for it: FormLM builds the online pre/post, QRCard-AI runs the scan-and-display half. Neither is required to use what you downloaded.