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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
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 team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30-60 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten4-124-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
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Innovation
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