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| Criterion |  Innovation Starbursting |  Innovation Rapid Ideation |  UX Design Design Studio |  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 decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work. | When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates. | 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 | 5-20 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-20 | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Ideenpool, Roh-Shortlist, Cluster | Sketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tags1 shared | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed | SketchingCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |