/challenge-operation

name: challenge-operation
description: Non-threatening 'Why?' questioning of current practices (de Bono Challenge)
execution: strategy
dependencies:
  sops:
  - alternatives-generation
  - challenge-questioning
  - escape-technique
  - lateral-synthesis
  tactics:
  - concept-hierarchy

Challenge Operation

Apply de Bono's Challenge technique: non-threatening questioning of why things are done the way they are. Not criticism — genuine curiosity about whether current approaches are the only way.

State Ledger

| Resource | Target | Current | % | |----------|--------|---------|---| | web-search | 20 | 0 | 0% | | web-research | 8 | 0 | 0% | | paper-overview | 20 | 0 | 0% | | paper-search | 12 | 0 | 0% | | paper-research | 5 | 0 | 0% |

HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

Available Tactics

| Tactic | Role | |--------|------| | concept-hierarchy | Organize challenged practices into concept levels |

Available SOPs

| SOP | Role | |-----|------| | challenge-questioning | Apply non-threatening 'Why?' to current practices | | escape-technique | Escape from dominant patterns revealed by challenge | | alternatives-generation | Generate alternatives to challenged practices | | lateral-synthesis | Synthesize challenge operation outputs |

Execution Guidance

1. **List practices**: Identify current practices, methods, and assumptions 2. **Challenge each**: Apply challenge-questioning SOP — "Why is it done this way?" 3. **Distinguish**: Separate necessary constraints from historical accidents 4. **Escape**: For historical accidents, use escape-technique to find alternatives 5. **Generate alternatives**: Produce concrete alternatives to challenged practices 6. **Synthesize**: Produce structured output via lateral-synthesis

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Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

| Tactic | When to use | | --- | --- | | concept-hierarchy | Build concept levels from purpose through concepts to ideas, with escape and fractionation at each level. |

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

| SOP | When to use | | --- | --- | | alternatives-generation | Generate alternatives for every known approach — ensure no approach goes unchallenged. | | challenge-questioning | Non-threatening 'Why?' questioning of current practices to reveal historical accidents vs. genuine constraints. | | escape-technique | Identify dominant thinking pattern and escape it via deliberate pattern-breaking. | | lateral-synthesis | Synthesize all lateral thinking intermediate outputs into a structured idea report. |

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