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Criterion
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
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.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
5-15 min10-20 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-204-100+3-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
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Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud