How To USE CHATGPT TO BRAINSTORM

Created by @moritzkremb | Visit: thepromptwarrior.com

1. Frameworks

Description: Brainstorming frameworks work on humans. They work on AI too. Here are some examples:

Prompt Template: "Use [brainstorming framework], to brainstorm on the following topic: [your topic]."

2. Different Perspectives

Description: Force AI to approach the topic from different angles.

Prompt Template: "We are in a brainstorming session with [Expert A], [Expert B], [Expert C]. Each expert should come up with 10 ideas from their POV on the following topic: [your topic]."

3. Opposite Day

Description: Let's say you want to brainstorm how to make your customers happier.

First think about what would make them more dissatisfied, then flip it around.

Prompt Template: "Give me with 20 ways how I would make my customers more DISSATISFIED with my [product/service]. Then for every point, provide the exact opposite approach."

4. Step-by-Step

Description: Go step-by-step and keep building upon the previous step.

Let's say you're brainstorming business ideas. Steps:

Prompt Template: "List 10 [that are ripe for disruption/ 2. List 10 Challenges within that [your chosen industry]/ 3. etc."

5. Creative Words

Description: Use words that encourage creativity:

Prompt Template: "Give me 10 [word] ideas about [topic]."

6. Chain of Density

Description: The CoD prompt was originally created to do increasingly better summaries through recursion.

But you can tweak it to create increasingly more creative outputs too.

Prompt Template: "I will generate increasingly more creative outputs. Repeat the following 1-3 steps 5 times. Step 1. Identify 3 points from the initial output which are missing. Step 2. Write a new, improved output of identical length which includes the missing points."

7. First Principles

Description: First principles thinking is a powerful framework for problem-solving, but can also be applied to brainstorming.

It involves breaking down complex problems into basic elements and reasoning up from the ground.

Prompt Template: "Using first principles thinking, brainstorm the following topic: [your topic]."