Flips a core assumption to test whether 'the only way to do this' is really the only way.
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Forces two unrelated concepts together ('what if we treated X like Y?') to surface ideas conventional approaches miss.
Sharpens a vague idea into an actionable concept through structured divergent-then-convergent thinking.
Interviews the user one question at a time until it's ~95% confident it understands what they actually want, for underspecified asks.
Flags a pattern once it's shown up in three or more unrelated domains, pointing at a more universal principle underneath.
Stress-tests a design by imagining it at 1000x bigger, smaller, faster, or slower to expose assumptions that only hold at 'normal' scale.
Looks for the one insight that, if true, lets several components be deleted at once instead of patched individually.