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🧭 Situation

Preparing a workshop or offsite

36 curated tools for this situation — sorted by evidence level.

Framework Research-based
Competing Values Framework Gives culture discussions a precise language: clan, adhocracy, market, and hierarchy.
👥 3–15 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Methodensammlung Practice-validated
Atlassian Team Playbook Offers a freely accessible collection of proven team playbooks, from health monitor to role clarification.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
Blue Ocean Four Actions (ERRC) Forces strategy as sacrifice: what do we eliminate, reduce, raise, create?
👥 3–12 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Canvas Practice-validated
Business Model Canvas Makes a complete business model visible and discussable on one page.
👥 2–10 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
Crazy 8s Forces eight solution sketches in eight minutes — quantity beats self-censorship.
👥 2–12 ⏱ 10–20 Min 📍 In person / Remote
Guide Practice-validated
Design Thinking Bootleg Provides the Stanford d.school method kit for every design thinking phase.
👥 2–12 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Framework Practice-validated
Double Diamond Gives innovation work a clear rhythm of opening and converging — from problem to solution.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 1 day 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Canvas Practice-validated
Empathy Map Puts teams into the users' experiential world before ideation.
👥 2–10 ⏱ 30–60 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
Fishbone Diagram Collects possible causes broadly across categories — before the team pounces on the first one.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 60–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Methode Practice-validated
How Might We Questions (d.school) Reshapes problem insights d.school-style into powerful innovation questions.
👥 2–12 ⏱ 20–45 Min 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practice-validated
How-Now-Wow Matrix Quickly sorts ideas by originality and feasibility — protecting the wow ideas.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 30–60 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
Liberating Structures 33 microstructures that activate every voice — instead of the same five frequent talkers.
👥 5–100 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
Pre-Mortem Anticipates failure mentally — making concerns speakable that nobody would voice otherwise.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 30–60 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
SCAMPER Systematically evolves the existing via seven change operations.
👥 2–10 ⏱ 45–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote
Guide Practice-validated
Stanford d.school Starter Kit Provides ready-made workshop formats and templates for getting started with design thinking.
👥 4–20 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person
Framework Practice-validated
SWOT Analysis Creates a fast, shared situational picture of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
👥 2–12 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Kartenset Practitioner heuristic
55+ Business Model Pattern Cards Brings the 55+ business model patterns into workshops as a card deck — to draw, combine, provoke.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person
Methode Practitioner heuristic
Build it, Break it, Fix it Hardens ideas in three steps: build, deliberately break, rebuild improved.
👥 3–10 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Toolkit Practitioner heuristic
Business Model Kit Builds business models hands-on from visual building blocks — fast, playful, discussable.
👥 2–10 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Change Canvas Puts a change initiative on one page: goal, stakeholders, messages, and leadership.
👥 3–10 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Guide Practitioner heuristic
Change Management Toolkit Fully equips change initiatives: case for change, readiness checks, and implementation tools.
👥 2–12 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Methode Practitioner heuristic
Collaborative Foresight for Teams Develops future images as a team and translates them into today's decisions and actions.
👥 4–15 ⏱ 6 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Design Thinking Canvas Guides a design thinking project on one canvas from challenge to test.
👥 3–10 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Guide Practitioner heuristic
Design Thinking Toolkit Guides beginner teams through their first design thinking project in five steps.
👥 2–10 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person
Guide Practitioner heuristic
digistainableNOW! Toolkit Combines digital innovation methods with sustainability checks in an HPI toolkit.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Guide Practitioner heuristic
DIY Toolkit Provides 30 field-tested tools for social innovation free of charge.
👥 2–12 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Guide Practitioner heuristic
Energizers Collection Provides short activations that bring energy and attention back to workshops and meetings.
👥 4–50 ⏱ 5–15 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practitioner heuristic
Fishbowl Discussion Structures controversial discussions: inner circle speaks, outer listens — with an open swap chair.
👥 8–50 ⏱ 45–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote
Methodensammlung Practitioner heuristic
FSG Systems Thinking Toolkit Analyzes complex systems with actor mapping, ecocycle, timeline, and trend mapping — before intervening.
👥 4–20 ⏱ 6 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Methode Practitioner heuristic
How Might We Statement Turns problem insight into opening how-might-we questions for ideation.
👥 2–10 ⏱ 20–45 Min 📍 In person / Remote
Guide Practitioner heuristic
IDEO Design Kit Opens IDEO's method treasury for human-centered design — from interviews to prototyping.
👥 2–12 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Kommunikations-Maßnahmen-Canvas Plans communication measures in German in a structured way — including success monitoring.
👥 2–8 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Framework Practitioner heuristic
Open Space Technology Lets participants build their own agenda — energy follows real interest instead of a program plan.
👥 15–500 ⏱ 2 days 📍 In person
Technik Practitioner heuristic
Rose Bud Thorn Collects in a simple structure what works well, what has potential, and what hurts.
👥 3–15 ⏱ 20–45 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Methodensammlung Practitioner heuristic
UNDP Public Sector Innovation Toolkit Bundles public sector innovation methods from actor mapping to World Café in one free toolkit.
👥 3–20 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Framework Practitioner heuristic
World Café Gets large groups into real conversation via rotating table rounds — diversity instead of podium.
👥 12–200 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person
Related situations
Ideas are missing or fizzling out Planning/supporting a change initiative Unclear direction or strategy Lacking customer/user understanding

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