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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
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min10-20 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-104-100+2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming