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Criterion
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
5-20 min1-2 h Setup, laufend8-15 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-2011-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ideenpool, Roh-Shortlist, ClusterAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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