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Criterion
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Purposedifferent
A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
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HighLowLow
Timedifferent
2-6 h30-90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-84-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process