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Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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 a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.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
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min60-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-104-103-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
DecisionRolesGovernance
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping