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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 Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
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 group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage30-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
15-2003-202-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
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