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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min60-120 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
2-105-124-100+
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We