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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.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.When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-60 min45-90 min5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
4-103-103-101-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, ShortlistIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, Cluster
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
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