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Criterion
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
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.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.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min45-90 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-203-102-6
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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Paper illustration for Delegation Poker.
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Delegation Poker
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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