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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
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.When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+3-104-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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