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Paper illustration for Troika Consulting.
Facilitation
Troika Consulting
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
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
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-45 min15-45 min60-180 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-301-1012-100+3-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Advice Notes, Next Actions, Peer InsightsMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationCoachingLearning
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
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