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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Innovation How Might We |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30–45 min | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 1-10 | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |
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