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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Operations Accountability Ladder |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Decision Making Decision Rights 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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 20-45 min | 60-180 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 1-8 | 4-20 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |