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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-60 min | 10-20 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 4-12 | 4-100+ | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |