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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-123-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsPolarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
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Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
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