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Criterion
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
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
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min60-90 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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