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Criterion
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.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.For persistent errors or blockages, the method shifts the view to the opposite of the desired effect. It exposes the mechanics of failure and makes hidden causes easier to grasp. This makes improvement more concrete and the problem clearer.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-2 h Setup, laufend30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1014-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistReverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution Ideas
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk
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