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| Criterion |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Innovation Contradiction Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 60–90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving |
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