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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation 1-2-4-All | ![]() Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop | ![]() Innovation 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. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 10-20 min | Mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-100+ | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 5-30 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |



