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| Criterion | ![]() Operations Accountability Ladder | ![]() Facilitation Question Burst | ![]() Facilitation 1-2-4-All | ![]() Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on. | 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. | 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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | 15-30 min | 10-20 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 2-8 | 4-100+ | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |



