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Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration for Delegation Poker.
Facilitation
Delegation Poker
Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Purposedifferent
The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.When decisions get stuck between leadership and team, Delegation Poker clarifies the desired scope of autonomy. It shows how much decision-making latitude a role should actually get in practice.Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely.
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Timedifferent
60-120 min45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-103-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsDelegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role AgreementsPolarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance Actions
Tagsno overlap
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
AutonomyRolesTeam
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
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