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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Question Burst | ![]() Systems Thinking Rich Picture | ![]() Facilitation Delegation Poker | ![]() Innovation How Might We |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When decisions get stuck between leadership and team, Delegation Poker clarifies the desired scope of autonomy. It shows how much decision-making latitude a role should actually get in practice. | With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 30–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 3-10 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Delegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role Agreements | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts |
Tagsno overlap | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | AutonomyRolesTeam | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions |



