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Paper illustration for Troika Consulting.
Facilitation
Troika Consulting
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Purposedifferent
When someone needs to sort out a concrete work problem, Troika Consulting offers fast peer consulting with a tight focus. The method brings perspectives together without taking responsibility out of the person's hands.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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.
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Timedifferent
30-45 min1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-305-303-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Advice Notes, Next Actions, Peer InsightsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
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FacilitationCoachingLearning
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop