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| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Innovation Reverse Brainstorming |  Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. | 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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-10 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Reverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution Ideas | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |