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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.
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Timedifferent
60-90 min60-120 min60–90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-102-82-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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