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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Troika Consulting | ![]() Facilitation Mind Mapping | ![]() Facilitation World Café | ![]() Innovation Brainwriting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-45 min | 15-45 min | 60-180 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-30 | 1-10 | 12-100+ | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Advice Notes, Next Actions, Peer Insights | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationCoachingLearning | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas |



