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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
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.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 search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min30–45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+1-103-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesHMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist
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FacilitationInclusionIdeation
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
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Round Robin Brainstorming
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
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Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
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Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
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