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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation World Café | ![]() Operations Root Cause Analysis |
|---|---|---|
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 problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident |
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