Personal Analogy

---
name: personal-analogy
description: Empathic identification — become the system/component. First-person embodiment to discover hidden constraints and opportunities.
execution: strategy
used-by: synectics
---

# Personal Analogy

Empathic identification — become the system or component to discover insights invisible from the outside.

## State Ledger

| Resource | Target | Current | % |
|----------|--------|---------|---|
| web-search | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| web-research | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-overview | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-search | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-research | 3 | 0 | 0% |

## HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

## Available Tactics

| Tactic | Role |
|--------|------|
| analogy-extraction | Extract insights from empathic identification |

## Available SOPs

| SOP | Role |
|-----|------|
| personal-identification | First-person empathic identification |
| springboard-launch | Convert embodiment insights into solutions |
| synectics-synthesis | Synthesize personal analogy outputs |

## Execution Guidance

1. **Select component**: Choose the system element to embody
2. **Enter role**: Adopt first-person perspective of the component
3. **Experience**: Describe what you feel, want, resist, fear
4. **Discover**: Identify constraints and desires invisible from outside
5. **Extract**: Convert embodiment insights into design principles
6. **Iterate**: Embody different components for multiple perspectives