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| Criterion |  Innovation How Might We |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–45 min | 15-45 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 1-10 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | IdeationInnovationCreativity | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |