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Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
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 a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min45-90 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-104-121-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
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Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis