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Criterion
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-45 min20–45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-8Small cross-functional group1-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Decision Making
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Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
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