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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.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.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.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
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h15-45 min15-30 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
2-101-103-124-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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