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| Criterion |  Innovation Rolestorming |  Innovation SCAMPER |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play. | 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 unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. | 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 | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 20-45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-10 | 4-10 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist | SCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tags3 shared | BrainstormingIdeationCreativity | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |