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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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 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 central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min60-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+4-103-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
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Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation