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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 Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper matrix with seven SCAMPER rows, operator prompts and variations for a course portal.
Innovation
SCAMPER
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 a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.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.For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h60-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-122-84-102-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentSCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
IdeationInnovationCreativity
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation
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