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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min45-90 min1-4 Wochen1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-103-126-30 Experten5-30
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ChangeDecisionStrategy
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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