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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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.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.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min30–45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-103-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsHMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette