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| Criterion |  Facilitation Lean Coffee |  Facilitation Question Burst |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Innovation How Might We |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 15-30 min | 10-20 min | 30–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 2-8 | 4-100+ | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions |