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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.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.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
25-40 min45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-53-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Learning Card with evidence and next actionLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, ShortlistIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test