Brainstorming Research Ideas

This walks you through ten different ideation frameworks when you need to generate research directions or unstick a stalled project. It's structured around specific lenses like problem-first versus solution-first thinking, moving up and down abstraction ladders, finding tensions between competing goals, and cross-pollinating ideas from other fields. Each framework includes concrete workflows with checkboxes and self-check questions. It's overkill if you already know what you want to research, but genuinely useful when you're staring at a blank page or transitioning between areas. The "What Changed?" principle alone, which prompts you to revisit old problems under new constraints like compute or regulation, is worth the price of admission.