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Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument 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.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min20-45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-101-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Decision Making
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