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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
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 a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.
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Timedifferent
60-90 min45-90 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-103-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, ShortlistContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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Brainstorming
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Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis