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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | 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 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 15-30 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 10-50 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |