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| Criterion |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Innovation How Might We |  Facilitation Question Burst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction. | When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 10-20 min | 1-3 h | 30–45 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-100+ | 1-8 | 1-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | SensemakingDecisionRationale | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking |