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| Criterion |  Innovation Worst Possible Idea |  Operations After-Action Review |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a seemingly familiar problem with paralyzing seriousness, the method dissolves pressure and fear of judgment. It deliberately makes failure pictures extreme, so hidden assumptions become visible faster. This clarifies what a workable path should avoid. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | 20-45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Bad Idea List, Reframed Concepts, Idea Shortlist | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | IdeationCreativityDivergence | LearningOperationsImprovement | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |
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