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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Purposedifferent
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.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.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.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h90-180 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
5-304-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts
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FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
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Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model