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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
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
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 group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
4-125-301-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, Cluster
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam