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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Futures Wheel |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event. | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 30-90 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-10 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic Signals | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events |
Tags1 shared | ForesightSystems thinkingSignals | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics |
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