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Criterion
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min30-90 min60-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+2-84-104-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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