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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 matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
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 topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
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BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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