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| Criterion |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 5-15 min | 60-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-20 | 5-12 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |