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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Question Burst | ![]() Decision Making Red Teaming | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 1-4 h | 1-3 h | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 5-30 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | RiskDecisionSensemaking | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |



