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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Purposedifferent
When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
10-20 min1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-100+1-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
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FacilitationInclusionIdeation
SensemakingDecisionRationale
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
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Innovation
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
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