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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Purposedifferent
In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.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.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
20–45 min20-45 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group4-104-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logIdea List, Cluster, ShortlistProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All