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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Troika Consulting | ![]() Facilitation World Café | ![]() Innovation Lotus Blossom | ![]() Facilitation Barcamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-45 min | 60-180 min | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-30 | 12-100+ | 3-10 | 15-200 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Advice Notes, Next Actions, Peer Insights | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationCoachingLearning | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop | FacilitationLarge groupLearning |



