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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin 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 a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min30-60 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-103-124-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte ShortlistIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tags1 shared
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom