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Criterion
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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 group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
10-20 min60-180 min15-30 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
4-100+12-100+3-1210-50
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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