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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 for Peer Instruction.
Knowledge Modeling
Peer Instruction
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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.Peer Instruction uses group thinking to clarify difficult terms or concepts faster. The method combines individual reflection with social correction and shared precision.When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.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
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Timedifferent
30-90 min10-20 min je Frage30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-206-503-123-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsConcept Questions, Vote Results, Learning NotesRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte ShortlistLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
LearningDialogueFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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