{
  "id": "ws-activity-worst-idea-first",
  "name": "Worst Idea First",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "type": "pre-post",
  "unit": "group",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "scoring": {
    "method": "sum",
    "reverse_scored_items": [
      "wi-03"
    ],
    "range": [
      6,
      30
    ],
    "reported": [
      "group_delta",
      "construct_deltas"
    ],
    "report_note": "Report group-level deltas only. Never rank groups or individuals — the round measures the room's safety, not wit."
  },
  "timing": {
    "pre_minutes": 2,
    "activity_minutes": 20,
    "post_minutes": 2
  },
  "language": "en",
  "description": "Two-minute pre/post measure for the Worst Idea First reverse-brainstorm. Scores at group level: how did saying awkward things, risk naming and safety to be specific change across the round?",
  "instructions": {
    "pre": "Before groups form. Each participant answers alone, about their own last week at work — not about the exercise.",
    "post": "Immediately after the debrief. Same items, now answered about the round just completed, as a group."
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "wi-01",
      "construct": "voice",
      "pre_text": "I say the awkward thing in meetings, not after them.",
      "post_text": "During the worst round, awkward things got said inside the game.",
      "reverse": false
    },
    {
      "id": "wi-02",
      "construct": "risk-naming",
      "pre_text": "I name risks before they happen, not in the post-mortem.",
      "post_text": "The worst ideas named real risks — before any of them happened.",
      "reverse": false
    },
    {
      "id": "wi-03",
      "construct": "self-censorship",
      "pre_text": "I keep the risky half of my opinion to myself.",
      "post_text": "There was a worst idea I thought of and did not say.",
      "reverse": true
    },
    {
      "id": "wi-04",
      "construct": "specificity",
      "pre_text": "My feedback is specific enough to act on.",
      "post_text": "The flipped actions were specific: owners, dates, one line each.",
      "reverse": false
    },
    {
      "id": "wi-05",
      "construct": "play-as-safety",
      "pre_text": "Playfulness helps my team say true things.",
      "post_text": "The laughter made the room more honest, not less.",
      "reverse": false
    },
    {
      "id": "wi-06",
      "construct": "flip-habit",
      "pre_text": "When I spot a failure mode, I can flip it into a preventive action.",
      "post_text": "Flipping worst to prevent came naturally by the second round.",
      "reverse": false
    }
  ],
  "scale": {
    "type": "likert-5",
    "labels": [
      "never",
      "rarely",
      "sometimes",
      "often",
      "always"
    ]
  },
  "report": {
    "title": "Worst Idea First — group safety delta",
    "sections": [
      "Worst ideas generated: count, specificity, disguised complaints surfaced",
      "Construct deltas with item-level evidence",
      "One scheduled worst-idea round with a real target and date"
    ]
  }
}