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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-120 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 3-8 | 4-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | FacilitationOptionsDecision |