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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 4-12 | 5-30 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |