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A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min60-180 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1012-100+4-100+
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We