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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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.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.For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min30-90 min1-3 h10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-202-84-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
IdeationInnovationCreativity
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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