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Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Purposedifferent
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.Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-123-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsPolarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
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Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
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Innovation
Design Charrette