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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Lean Coffee | ![]() Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|
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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |
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