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Criterion
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Purposedifferent
With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend10-20 min15-30 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
14-100+3-1210-50
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Action Lists, Project List, Review RoutineIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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