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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  UX Design Design Studio |  Innovation 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 several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 3-8 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Sketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | SketchingCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |
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