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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.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 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
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-90 min60–90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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