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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min1-3 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+1-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
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Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
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