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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
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.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
LowLow
Timedifferent
20-45 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-82-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesRich Picture, Problem Framing Notes
Tagsno overlap
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
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Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
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Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology