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Criterion
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
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 problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
10-20 min15-30 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+2-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
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