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Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
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 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.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-101-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
SensemakingDecisionRationale
DecisionRolesGovernance
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