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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Lean Coffee | ![]() Operations Accountability Ladder | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping | ![]() Facilitation Responsibility Poker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 20-45 min | 60–90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 1-8 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation |



