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Criterion
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper matrix with seven SCAMPER rows, operator prompts and variations for a course portal.
Innovation
SCAMPER
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.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 group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 h60-180 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-202-812-100+2-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsSCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
IdeationInnovationCreativity
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation
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