Typology Development

Comment l'animer

1. 1

   Give each participant a large Post-it pad. Ask them to record as many ideas, solutions, problems, or strategies as possible in 3 minutes — one idea per note.

2. 2

   Ask each participant to pass their pad to the person on their left. They review the received notes and add new ideas for 3 more minutes.

3. 3

   Repeat rotation until every pad has gone through all participants and returned to its original owner.

4. 4

   Facilitator posts all notes on a large whiteboard. Participants identify and remove duplicates by stacking redundant notes on top of each other.

5. 5

   Once duplicates are removed, participants physically cluster the remaining notes into groups of conceptually similar items.

6. 6

   Facilitate a discussion to agree on a label for each cluster.

7. 7

   Photograph or transcribe the final typology for the record.

Conseils

• Keep the 3-minute timer strict — it prevents overthinking.

• Don't force consensus on clusters; if a note could fit two clusters, create a connecting arrow or place it in between.

• This method works well after a divergent brainstorm to structure the outputs.

Variantes

Run digitally using Miro or Mural with digital sticky notes. The rotation step becomes passing a board link with editing rights.

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