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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed.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.For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-4 h1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-82-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC ActionsContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
StrategyPositioningInnovationValue
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
IdeationInnovationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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