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Criterion
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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.Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely.When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
20-45 min1-2 h45-90 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
1-83-123-104-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesPolarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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