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| Criterion |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | 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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 60-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 10-50 | 4-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationOptionsDecision | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |