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Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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 a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
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1-4 h60-120 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-84-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
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InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom