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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
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.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.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.
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Timedifferent
30-90 min45-120 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
2-103-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsLeverage Map, Action Strategy
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Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
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CATWOE Analysis
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Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis