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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping | ![]() Innovation Contradiction Analysis | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60-120 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |
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