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Criterion
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-45 min60-90 min1-2 h90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
1-84-104-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
Tagsno overlap
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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