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| Criterion |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 60-90 min | 1-4 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-20 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 5-30 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | RiskDecisionSensemaking | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |