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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
Purposedifferent
With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
20-45 min2-6 h20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-83-81-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events
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ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics
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Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Iceberg Model method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Iceberg Model
Paper illustration of System Archetypes with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Archetypes
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process