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Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.
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30-90 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-203-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
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Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion