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| Criterion |  Facilitation Question Burst |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  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. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 60-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-12 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |
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