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Criterion
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Purposedifferent
When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min15-45 min10-20 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-121-104-100+3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesSketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
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