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Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.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
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 h60–90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-84-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
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InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid