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| Criterion |  Innovation Starbursting |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Innovation Contradiction Analysis |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | When a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 60-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |