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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 Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
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.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.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 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-53-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Learning Card with evidence and next actionStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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