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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Purposedifferent
For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.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
1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen5-15 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-103-202-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts
Tagsno overlap
InnovationPrototypeResearch
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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Contradiction Analysis
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam