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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
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Timedifferent
30-90 minHalf day45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-123-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesLeverage Map, Action StrategyOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
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Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
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CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
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Change Analysis
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
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Force Field Analysis