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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
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
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.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.
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Participantsdifferent
2-82-83-20
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Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
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