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Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 h20–45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-8Small cross-functional group5-30
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
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Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram