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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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.After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 h30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-103-103-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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