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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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Decision Making
Impact Filter
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 new ideas or requests, the conversation often turns to solutions too early and to effect too little. An Impact Filter forces the initiative into an effect perspective and checks whether it creates a relevant difference.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-101-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesImpact Filter, Success Criteria, Next Step
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Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
ImpactOutcomesFramingDecision
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