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Criterion
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
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 environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min45-90 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+3-103-20
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesContext canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
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How Might We
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