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Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
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 it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-180 min45-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
12-100+3-103-20
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items
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FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
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