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Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Purposedifferent
When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-120 min30-60 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-64-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist
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CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
IdeationInnovationCreativity
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Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
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Round Robin Brainstorming
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