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Planting Limits

TTool · Planting Limits

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Scope is expanding faster than progress. The team has too many options and no forcing function. Every meeting adds features but removes nothing.

Planting Limits is the deliberate use of constraints as creative stimuli rather than obstacles. You consciously impose limits on time, budget, features, or options — even when none exist externally — to force trade-offs that prevent analysis paralysis and spark innovation.

A three-step horizontal flow numbered 01 to 03, labelled cut, restate, and compare, each with a short instruction, beneath the question "What would you build with half the budget and half the time?"
Method visual — Planting Limits
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“I've been told to 'be more innovative' and I don't know what that means.”

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