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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Innovation How Might We |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 30–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | IdeationInnovationCreativity | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions |