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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
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
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Timedifferent
15-30 min2-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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