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Criterion
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse 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 an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.For persistent errors or blockages, the method shifts the view to the opposite of the desired effect. It exposes the mechanics of failure and makes hidden causes easier to grasp. This makes improvement more concrete and the problem clearer.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min45-120 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+1-63-123-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte ShortlistReverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution Ideas
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk
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