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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time.When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min15-30 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
2-122-84-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tags1 shared
TimelineFacilitationSequence
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
How Might We
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How Might We
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique