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Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 hHalber Tag bis 2 Tage60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-815-2002-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model