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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy VRIO Framework | ![]() Innovation Lotus Blossom | ![]() Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 3-10 | 10-50 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |
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