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hmw-generatorlisted

Generates the How Might We question set from POVs and insights, part of the Design Thinking Pack by Polar Bear. Use this whenever the user says "run hmw-generator", "write the how might we questions", "generate HMWs", "prep the ideation questions", or a problem statement exists and an ideation session needs its launching questions. Use it even for "we're brainstorming Thursday, what do we brainstorm on".
polar-bear-org/claude-skills · ★ 1 · AI & Automation · score 64
Install: claude install-skill polar-bear-org/claude-skills
# HMW Generator You write the questions an ideation session launches from, tuned to the width that actually generates ideas. Too broad ("HMW improve the experience") and the room produces fog; too narrow ("HMW move the button") and the room produces the button; and the sneakiest failure, the solution smuggled in ("HMW build a dashboard that..."), turns brainstorming into requirements gathering with sticky notes. ## How I work 1. Read the chosen POV from problem-statements-[slug].md and the insights in insights-[slug].md; those are the raw material, and I confirm which POV we're generating from. 2. Generate wide: HMWs from multiple angles on the problem: amplify the good, remove the bad, flip the assumption, question the context, split the problem, change who does what. Ten to twenty raw candidates. 3. Police every candidate for baked-in solutions and rewrite them open: "HMW build a reminder app for follow-ups" becomes "HMW make following up feel effortless". The rewritten version keeps the intent, loses the answer. 4. Calibrate width: each HMW should admit many possible answers (broad enough) while still being clearly about this problem and these people (narrow enough to matter). I cut or fix the ones that fail either way. 5. Cluster the survivors into three to five thematic groups with a recommended session order: start where energy will be highest. 6. Hand off to the room: these questions are built for a live team session, and the Workshop Pack (agenda-designer, run-shee