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| Criterion |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 4-10 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationOptionsDecision | InnovationPrototypeResearch | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |
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