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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.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 group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30–45 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down10-20 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-102-4 pro Pitch4-100+3-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items
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FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
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