Department 2 · Think, Write & Imagine
Use Words to Push Imagination
Use language to make a better future specific enough to examine.
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Lesson 7 of 33 · one artifact
By the end
You will be able to use language to make a better future specific enough to examine.
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The idea worth keeping
Use Words to Push Imagination
Imagination is not decoration. It lets you rehearse a system that does not exist yet and notice the choices required to build it.
Your turn
Use Words to Push Imagination
One inspectable output
Describe one ordinary day after your system works, using people, places, actions, and constraints.
Finish with: A 300-word future scene with no vague superlatives.
See the transfer
THE SAME IDEA. TWO REAL CONTEXTS.
Professional example
A founder describes the customer’s changed Tuesday, not an abstract transformation.
Clinician example
A practice owner imagines an intake flow that gives staff more attention for patients.
Score your artifact
DOES THE WORK HOLD UP?
- Contains observable details
- Shows who gains agency
- Names a constraint
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Use Words to Push Imagination
- Imagination is not decoration. It lets you rehearse a system that does not exist yet and notice the choices required to build it.
- A 300-word future scene with no vague superlatives.
Your evidence: A 300-word future scene with no vague superlatives.