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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 10-20 min | 60–90 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 4-100+ | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |