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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Purposedifferent
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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min10-20 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
2-104-100+3-20
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop