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Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
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Timedifferent
60-180 min2-8 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
12-100+2-84-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk PlanProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
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FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
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Fishbowl Discussion
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving