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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
Purposedifferent
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 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.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min10-20 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
4-104-100+2-6
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving