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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity 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 problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-45 min15-30 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-82-83-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsPolarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance Actions
Tagsno overlap
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
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Systems Thinking
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Facilitation
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