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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Purposedifferent
With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.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.When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30–45 min20-45 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-101-83-123-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesPolarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
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