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Paper illustration for Troika Consulting.
Facilitation
Troika Consulting
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-45 min60-180 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-3012-100+3-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Advice Notes, Next Actions, Peer InsightsTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationCoachingLearning
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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