Collision-Zone Thinking Overview Revolutionary insights come from forcing unrelated concepts to collide. Treat X like Y and see what emerges. Core principle: Deliberate metaphor-mixing generates novel solutions. Quick Reference | Stuck On | Try Treating As | Might Discover | |----------|-----------------|----------------| | Code organization | DNA/genetics | Mutation testing, evolutionary algorithms | | Service architecture | Lego bricks | Composable microservices, plug-and-play | | Data management | Water flow | Streaming, data lakes, flow-based systems | | Request handling | Postal mail | M…