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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
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.When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min15-45 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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Innovation
Brainwriting
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Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming