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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Purposedifferent
When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min60-120 min
Participantssame
2-82-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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