/substitute

SUBSTITUTE

Generate ideas by asking what could be replaced or substituted with something else.

Instructions

Identify components that could be swapped for alternatives. Consider materials, processes, people, places, times, approaches.

Output Format

**Subject**: [What we're exploring]

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Substitution Analysis

**What are the current components/elements?** 1. [Component 1] 2. [Component 2] 3. [Component 3] 4. [Component 4]

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Substitution Ideas

Materials/Ingredients

| Current | Substitute | New Possibility | |---------|------------|-----------------| | [material] | [alternative] | [what it enables] | | [material] | [alternative] | [what it enables] |

Process/Approach

| Current Way | Different Way | Benefit | |-------------|---------------|---------| | [process] | [alternative] | [what it enables] | | [process] | [alternative] | [what it enables] |

People/Roles

| Current Role | Different Role | Possibility | |--------------|----------------|-------------| | [who does it] | [who else could] | [what changes] |

Place/Time/Context

| Current Context | Different Context | Possibility | |-----------------|-------------------|-------------| | [where/when] | [elsewhere/another time] | [what changes] |

Technology

| Current Tech | Alternative Tech | Possibility | |--------------|------------------|-------------| | [technology] | [different tech] | [what it enables] |

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Prompting Questions

• What materials or ingredients can I substitute?
• What other process could work?
• Who else could do this?
• Where else could this happen?
• What if we substituted the time?
• What's an unconventional substitute?

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**Top Substitution Ideas** 1. [Best idea] 2. [Second idea] 3. [Third idea]

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