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Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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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.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
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1-4 h20-45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-103-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsIdea List, Cluster, ShortlistLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
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InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis