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Criterion
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin 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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min45-90 min1-2 h20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+3-84-124-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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