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Criterion
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Purposedifferent
In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.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 a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.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
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min15-45 min30-60 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-121-104-124-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
DecisionRolesGovernance
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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