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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
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.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
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Timedifferent
2-4 h1-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-83-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
RiskDecisionSensemaking
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
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Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
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