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| Criterion | ![]() Knowledge Modeling PARA Method | ![]() Innovation Worst Possible Idea | ![]() Innovation Rolestorming | ![]() Innovation Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work. | For a seemingly familiar problem with paralyzing seriousness, the method dissolves pressure and fear of judgment. It deliberately makes failure pictures extreme, so hidden assumptions become visible faster. This clarifies what a workable path should avoid. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 20-45 min | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 3-12 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Bad Idea List, Reframed Concepts, Idea Shortlist | Rollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | IdeationCreativityDivergence | BrainstormingIdeationCreativity | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |



