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Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.
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Timedifferent
10-20 min60-180 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+4-205-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority
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Facilitation
Dot Voting
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Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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Delivery
Cost of Delay