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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Innovation Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 60-180 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 4-20 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |
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