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Criterion
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Innovation
TRIZ
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Product Discovery
Solution Interview
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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 solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 h30-60 min je Interview45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-85-10 Interviews3-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsSolution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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Innovation
Brainstorming
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Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
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Innovation
Design Charrette