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Paper illustration for Troika Consulting.
Facilitation
Troika Consulting
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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 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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-45 min60-180 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-3012-100+10-50
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Advice Notes, Next Actions, Peer InsightsTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationCoachingLearning
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom