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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.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.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing20-45 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
1-201-84-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
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Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix