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| Criterion |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Innovation How Might We |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 30–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions |
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