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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for Delegation Poker.
Facilitation
Delegation Poker
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.Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely.When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.When decisions get stuck between leadership and team, Delegation Poker clarifies the desired scope of autonomy. It shows how much decision-making latitude a role should actually get in practice.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-2 h45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-123-103-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesPolarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsDelegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role Agreements
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
AutonomyRolesTeam
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