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Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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 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.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.
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HighLowLow
Timedifferent
2-6 h60-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-84-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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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