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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.
Complexitydifferent
LowHigh
Timedifferent
10-20 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-100+3-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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FacilitationInclusionIdeation
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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