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Ritual Dissent

Tool 47 – Download here Aim of the tool To test and enhance proposals, stories or ideas by subjecting them to challenges or positive alternatives. When to use it? The Convergence stage of an MSP, when ideas and proposals of a group need to be tested and refined.

Citizen Jury

Tool 46 – Download here Aim of the tool Involve the public in a wider decision making process. When to use it? The convergence stage, when decisions need to be made about which ideas could work. They can also be used when co-creation with certain stakeholders is difficult.

Comparing Proposals

Tool 45 – Download here Aim of the tool To analyse an issue by looking at it from different stakeholders’ perspectives in order to support decision-making. When to use it? The convergence stage: when different perspectives on the MSPs issue are voiced and need to be compared.

Prioritising and Ranking

Tool 44 – Download here Aim of the tool This tool will help you to select the most promising ideas or options when many have been generated. When to use it? Convergence stage, when the range of different ideas and options needs to narrow down.

Prototyping

Tool 43 – Download here Aim of the tool Quickly and cheaply make ideas tangible so they can be tested and evaluated by others. When to use it? The convergence stage, when decisions need to be made about which ideas could work.

Silence

Tool 51 Aim of the tool: To change the group dynamics in order to obtain a better quality of listening and decision making. When to use it? In the Convergence stage, when decisions need to be made about what could work, and to refine what has been created. Also useful in earlier stages.

Circle of Coherence

Tool 42 – Download here Aim of the tool To expand insights in the functioning of a vital network; to clarify the participants’ positions in the network and to clarify the (power) differences and similarities between the participants. When to use it? The divergence stage.

Visioning

Tool 41 – Download here Aim of the tool To generate a common goal, hope, encouragement, creative thinking and passion. When to use it? The co-creation stage, when the emphasis shifts towards developing group outputs.

Document & Summarise

Tool 40 – Download here Aim of the tool To capture ideas, insights and decisions in MSP discussions. When to use it? The co-creation stage, but also in other stages.

Open Space

Tool 39 – Download here Aim of the tool High energy approach to deal with urgent complex issues, involving a diverse group of stakeholders, allowing participants to self-organize. When to use it? This tool is useful at the early stages of an MSP, where exploration, problem solving and planning are central. It can help to generateContinue reading “Open Space”