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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation World Café | ![]() Innovation Rolestorming | ![]() Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|
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 search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 30-60 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 3-12 | 10-50 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Rollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | BrainstormingIdeationCreativity | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |
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