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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
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.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.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 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
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min45-90 min60-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+3-124-104-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
DecisionRolesGovernance
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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