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Criterion
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.For persistent errors or blockages, the method shifts the view to the opposite of the desired effect. It exposes the mechanics of failure and makes hidden causes easier to grasp. This makes improvement more concrete and the problem clearer.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-45 min20–45 min30-60 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
4-10Small cross-functional group3-124-100+
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Cluster, ShortlistRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logReverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution IdeasIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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