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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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 team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.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.
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20-45 min30-60 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1-83-103-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
Systems Thinking
Intervention Mapping