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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
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation 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.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.When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-45 min30-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-82-103-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping