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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 Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
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 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.When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min60-90 minHalber Tag bis 2 Tage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-124-1015-2001-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
DecisionTreeOptions
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