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Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min2-4 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-103-124-12
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping