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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-45 min15-30 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-82-82-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsRich Picture, Problem Framing Notes
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ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
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