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Criterion
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Purposedifferent
When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.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 team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30-60 min60-180 min30-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1012-100+3-203-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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