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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.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
LowHigh
Timedifferent
15-30 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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