Participatory Analysis

Affinity diagram

Affinity diagram

The Affinity Diagram is a visual and participatory tool that organizes ideas into categories to facilitate group analysis and informed decision-making.

Benefit Map

Benefit Map

The Benefit Map is a visual tool that connects projects with the positive impacts they generate, helping to prioritize actions and maximize results in participatory contexts.

Brainstorming

Brainstorming

Brainstorming fosters collective creativity and collaboration by generating multiple proposals to address a specific challenge.

Circle of gratitude

Circle of gratitude

The Circle of gratitude promotes gratitude and mutual recognition among participants, strengthening group bonds and fostering a positive environment.

Collaborative Benchmarking

Collaborative Benchmarking

Collaborative Benchmarking promotes continuous improvement through comparative analysis and the adaptation of successful practices to one's own context.

Collaborative Life Drawing

Collaborative Life Drawing

Collaborative Live Drawing is an artistic and group-based activity where participants take turns drawing on each other's sheets, based on observation sessions with live models or objects. The constant rotation promotes collaboration, the exploration of multiple styles, and a collective reflection on perception, the body, and shared creation.

Collaborative mind map

Collaborative mind map

The Collaborative mind map is a visual tool that allows groups to explore, organize, and connect ideas on a topic in a creative and participatory way.

Collective Journal

Collective Journal

The Collective Journal is a participatory activity that allows groups to record daily progress, reflections, and learnings, fostering continuous improvement and collaborative documentation.

Comparative Photography

Comparative Photography

Comparative Photography is a visual and participatory tool for documenting and analyzing changes before and after an intervention, fostering collective reflection on the impact achieved.

Concept Route

Concept Route

The Concept Route organizes and connects key ideas through a collaborative visual journey, facilitating learning and the communication of complex topics.

Confidence Vote

Confidence Vote

Confidence Vote is a fast participatory dynamic that lets groups gauge consensus, commitment levels, or uncertainty on a proposal by voting with hand signals or visual cues.

Daily Standup Meeting

Daily Standup Meeting

Daily Standup Meeting is a short recurring group session where participants share progress, current focus, and blockers to keep the team aligned and moving forward together.

Data-driven decisions

Data-driven decisions

Data-driven decisions is a collaborative activity designed to help teams classify key questions, explore research methods, and balance qualitative and quantitative insights to drive better decision-making.

Decision maze

Decision maze

The Decision maze guides participants through paths and challenges that simulate real decision-making processes, promoting critical and collaborative learning.

Dot Voting

Dot Voting

Dot Voting is a participatory technique that combines analysis and prioritization to identify the most relevant proposals within a collective process, promoting collaboration and group consensus.

Emotion Journal

Emotion Journal

Emotion Journal is a reflective practice that helps track emotional patterns, promote self-regulation, and foster empathy.

Emotional map

Emotional map

The Emotional map allows for the identification and visual analysis of emotions, helping to understand their impact on projects, spaces, or experiences.

Empathy Map

Empathy Map

The Empathy Map helps to better understand people's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors to design more human-centered and effective solutions.

Evaluation wheel

Evaluation wheel

The Evaluation wheel is a visual and participatory tool that allows for the evaluation and reflection on different aspects of a project or activity, facilitating collective analysis and improvement planning.

Feature prioritization

Feature prioritization

Feature prioritization is a participatory exercise designed to identify and organize the key elements of a project or design, ensuring a focus on the most relevant and viable aspects.

Four Corners

Four Corners

Four Corners encourages dialogue and the exploration of perspectives by allowing participants to choose and analyze different positions within a group setting.

Future scenarios

Future scenarios

The Future Scenarios activity allows participants to imagine different development possibilities to anticipate risks, seize opportunities, and generate innovative ideas. 

Gallery of results

Gallery of results

The Gallery of results is a visual and participatory exhibition that allows achievements and lessons to be shared in a creative and reflective way.

How Might We (HMW)

How Might We (HMW)

How Might We is a Design Sprint methodology that transforms pain points into positive, collaborative questions, guiding the team toward creative solutions.

Identity sliders

Identity sliders

Identity sliders is a participatory and collaborative activity to collectively build the vision and values of a group or project, fostering dialogue and cohesion.

Impact and feasibility scale

Impact and feasibility scale

The Impact and feasibility scale is a participatory tool for evaluating proposals based on their potential benefit and ease of implementation, promoting strategic and consensus-driven decisions.

Impact vs. Effort Matrix

Impact vs. Effort Matrix

The Impact vs. Effort Matrix helps prioritize actions and decisions by evaluating them based on their impact and required effort, promoting efficiency and effectiveness.

Interaction map

Interaction map

The Interaction map is a visual activity that enables participants to identify and analyze key relationships within a system to make informed decisions. 

Intergenerational Dialogue

Intergenerational Dialogue

Promote understanding and collaboration across generations with Intergenerational Dialogue, a dynamic activity that fosters empathy, mutual learning, and shared solutions by exploring diverse experiences, values, and perspectives.

Investment Roulette

Investment Roulette

Investment Roulette is an activity that assigns proposals to random categories, fostering creativity, strategic analysis, and collective decision-making.

Now, Next, Later

Now, Next, Later

Now, Next, Later organizes tasks based on their temporal priority to promote clarity, focus, and efficiency in planning.

Participatory SWOT Analysis

Participatory SWOT Analysis

Participatory SWOT Analysis is a collaborative tool used to identify and connect strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats to design collective strategies.

Problem Chain

Problem Chain

The Problem Chain is a visual and collaborative tool to identify, analyze, and connect the causes and effects of a problem, building strategic solutions.

Reading Club

Reading Club

Reading Club is a participatory activity where a group of people gathers to share impressions, ideas, and reflections based on a common text, fostering conversation, active listening, and collective learning.

Risk mapping

Risk mapping

Risk mapping is a visual and participatory tool for identifying and analyzing threats and vulnerabilities in a specific area or context, fostering collective strategies for prevention and response.

Root Cause Analysis

Root Cause Analysis

Root Cause Analysis uses the fishbone diagram to identify the main causes of a problem and promote effective solutions.

Safety Stories

Safety Stories

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Sandwich

Sandwich

The Sandwich dynamic is inspired by visual and collaborative techniques used to structure information in a creative and understandable way.

Skills Mosaic

Skills Mosaic

Skills Mosaic is a participatory activity that helps teams identify and visualize their collective strengths, fostering collaboration, trust, and mutual recognition.

SMART Goal-Setting Workshop

SMART Goal-Setting Workshop

El Taller de redacción de objetivos SMART enseña a los participantes a formular metas claras y efectivas mediante la reflexión y colaboración.

Stories of change

Stories of change

Stories of change are a participatory tool for capturing and analyzing real experiences that showcase significant transformations and deep learning. 

The Iceberg Model

The Iceberg Model

The Iceberg Model is a mindful methodology that analyzes both visible and hidden aspects of products and services to foster sustainable and strategic design.

The Ideal Leader

The Ideal Leader

The Ideal Leader allows for the collective construction of an effective leadership profile, fostering reflection and group alignment.

Thematic Committees

Thematic Committees

Thematic Committees are working groups that analyze specific proposals in key areas, promoting informed and strategic decisions through active participation and collaboration.

Urban Sketching

Urban Sketching

Urban Sketching is a participatory activity where individuals draw real-life urban or community spaces through direct observation. It encourages artistic expression, fosters a deeper connection with the environment, and transforms everyday places into sources of inspiration and shared reflection.

Wheel of common interests

Wheel of common interests

​The Common Interests Wheel connects participants through hobbies and affinities, promoting interaction and establishing foundations for future group collaborations.​

Word Search

Word Search

Word Search is a collaborative activity where participants work in teams to find hidden words in a letter grid, promoting teamwork and observation skills.

Yes, but...

Yes, but...

Yes, but... is a brainstorming activity where participants explore creative reasons to avoid taking a specific action, using avoidance as a tool to analyze barriers and encourage critical thinking.