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Criterion
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-180 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-2010-503-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
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ComplexitySensemakingDecision
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing