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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Purposedifferent
Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
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Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
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