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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
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 unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min60-90 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
5-302-84-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
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FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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