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Criterion
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Purposedifferent
When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.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 group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage60-120 min1-3 h1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
15-2002-85-302-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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