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How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30–45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsRAID Log, Status Report SourceLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation