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| Criterion |  Innovation TRIZ |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 60-180 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-20 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |
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