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| Criterion |  Innovation Contradiction Analysis |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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 stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 60–90 min | 60-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-10 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |