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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.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.
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MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min8-15 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-121-103-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ChangeDecisionStrategy
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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