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Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
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.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.
Complexitydifferent
HighLow
Timedifferent
2-6 h8-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
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Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis