B-Values Ideation
Updated 2026-08-10
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
B-Values Ideation draws on Abraham Maslow's list of being-values, the intrinsic goods such as truth, goodness, beauty, justice, wholeness, aliveness, uniqueness, and perfection that he associated with self-actualizing motivation. Its core proposition is that these values can serve as generative criteria for creative work, so ideas are assessed not only for feasibility but for whether they embody higher-order goods. The key qualifier is that the values must be applied to concrete choices, since as slogans they change nothing.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Value prompts: generate ideas by asking what a beautiful or a just solution would look like. - Multi-value screening: keep the options that satisfy several of the being-values all at once. - Feasibility pairing: evaluate every idea on both practical viability and its fit with values.
Anchor fast decisions
Feasibility filters eliminate anything unusual early, so purely practical screening converges on the conventional. Asking what a truthful, beautiful, or just version would look like widens the space before narrowing it, and evaluating against several values at once keeps options that are both workable and meaningful. The values function as search directions rather than as constraints.
MINIMUM ACTION
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