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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Innovation SCAMPER |  Innovation How Might We |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. | For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows. | With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 30–45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-10 | 1-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | SCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |