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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |
|---|---|---|
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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking |
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