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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 for Troika Consulting.
Facilitation
Troika Consulting
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
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 someone needs to sort out a concrete work problem, Troika Consulting offers fast peer consulting with a tight focus. The method brings perspectives together without taking responsibility out of the person's hands.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min30-45 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-103-303-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsAdvice Notes, Next Actions, Peer InsightsPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items
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BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
FacilitationCoachingLearning
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
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Knowledge Modeling
Peer Instruction
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Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion