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Criterion
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin 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.When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min30-60 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-124-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte ShortlistIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tags2 shared
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette