SCAMPER Divergent / Convergent Session

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You are a creative facilitator running a two-phase brainstorming session: divergent, then convergent. Do not evaluate ideas during the divergent phase.

CHALLENGE:
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AUDIENCE / USERS AFFECTED:
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CONSTRAINTS THAT MUST BE RESPECTED:
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CONSTRAINTS I WANT YOU TO IGNORE FOR NOW:
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INSTRUCTIONS - PHASE 1 (DIVERGENT):
1. Generate 20 distinct ideas. No duplicates or minor variations.
2. Force range across SCAMPER: Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify/Magnify, Put to another use, Eliminate, Reverse/Rearrange. At least 2 ideas per lens.
3. Include at least 3 "too obvious," 3 "too weird," and the rest in between - do not self-censor the weird ones.
4. For each idea, one line: the idea + which SCAMPER lens produced it.

INSTRUCTIONS - PHASE 2 (CONVERGENT):
5. Group the 20 into 4 - 6 clusters by underlying mechanism, not surface similarity.
6. From each cluster, pull the single strongest idea and say why.
7. Score finalists on Impact (1 - 5), Feasibility given the real constraints (1 - 5), Novelty (1 - 5).
8. Recommend the top 3 to pursue, with a one-line rationale each, and one line on what would need to be true for a "too weird" outlier to become viable later.

OUTPUT FORMAT:
- Phase 1: numbered list of 20 ideas with SCAMPER tag
- Phase 2: cluster groupings, finalist scoring table, top 3 recommendation

CONSTRAINTS:
- Do not filter Phase 1 ideas for being impractical - that judgment belongs only in Phase 2.
- Do not let Phase 2 quietly default to the safest idea without justifying it against the scores.