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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h Setup, laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
5-3012-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method