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| Criterion |  Innovation How Might We |  Innovation Starbursting |  UX Design Design Studio |  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 ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates. | 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 | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Sketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tags1 shared | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | SketchingCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |