Thinking Tools/Attribute Matrix Example

Chair

Legs	Leg Length	Transformations	Rests	Seat	Arms	Back	Materials	Bonus
0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8	None	Folding	Seat	round	High	None	Wood	Massage
Cylindrical	Typical	Collapsible	Back	squarish	Medium	Typical	Metal	Heat
Square, hexagonal	Short	Inflatable	Arms	traditional	Low	Short	Plastic	Power
Tapered	Long	Configurable	Head	contour	None	Tall	Fabric	Tray
Rocking	Adjustable	Static	Legs	Cushioned	Short	Reclining	Wicker	Cup holder
Swing			Foot	swivel	Long	Narrow	Stone	Screen
Sway						Wrap around	Fur	Motorized
Hammock
Pendant
Pedestal
Swivel
Wheels

Ice-cream flavors

Mood	Place	Animal	Color	Flavor	Texture	Food	Person
Old	Mountain	Moose	Red	Cherry	Smooth	Berry	Eskimo
New	Alpine	Bear	Yellow	Chocolate	Silk	Watermelon	Superman
Warm	Valley	Kitten	Dark	Vanilla	Velvet	Almond	Angel
Frozen	Ocean	Puppy	Light	Butter	Rocky	Cookies	Viking
Cozy	Lake	Tiger	Blue	Mint	Chips	Pecan	Giant
Screaming	Stream	Unicorn	Black	Bubblegum	Dough	Avocado	Elf
Candy	Road	Dragon	Burgundy	Butterscotch	Cotton	Bacon	Devil
Angry	France	Buffalo	Swirl	Caramel	Ice	Banana
Calm	Moon		Smokey	Daiquiri	Ripple	Nut
Blitz	Belgium		Pink	Fudge	Honey	Walnut
Jet	World		Spotted	Grape	Mist	Beer
Cool	German		Striped	Licorice	Tracks	Garlic
Fresh	Mars			Raspberry	Mud	Ginger
Iced	Jupiter			Rum	Chunk	Tea
	Sun			Salted	Spiked	Mango
				Berry	Swirl	Pie
				Smoked	Sponge	Oyster
					Smokey	Raisin
					Moose	Pistachio
						Coffee
						Tangerine
						Pomegranate

Romance Novel

Era	Region	Setting	Hero	Heroin	Crisis	Plot	Resolution
Present	Europe	Urban	Doctor	Nurse	Murder	Dramatic Situation	Fall in love
Future	North America	Rural	Lawyer	Lawyer	Kidnapping	Hero’s journey	Breakup
Recent past	South America	Suburban	Pilot	Waitress	Disaster	The seven basic plots.	Depart
Colonial	Asia	Wilderness	Plumber	Model	Lost, Stranded		Move Away
Victorian	Africa	Mountain	Detective	Astronaut	Captured		Die
Medieval	Arctic	Desert	Superhero	Professor	Attack
Ancient	Fantasy	Ocean	Engineer	Prostitute
Prehistoric	Outer Space	Forest	Soldier	Spy
			Outlaw	Secret Agent
			Drifter	Singer
			Warrior	Robot
			Monster	Alien
				Princess

It can be useful to use Artificial Intelligence to assist with these enumerations. For example, presenting ChatGPT with the Prompt: "Describe a variety of characters who would make interesting protagonists in a Russian romance novel" provides several useful suggestions.