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Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Purposedifferent
The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h60-180 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-201-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business HypothesesCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan
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Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test