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Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-122-103-8
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeMappingRisk
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
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Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud