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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Cynefin Workshop | ![]() Growth Flywheel | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() Decision Making Red Teaming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 60-120 min | 45-60 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-20 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan |
Tagsno overlap | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | GrowthRetentionConversion | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | RiskDecisionSensemaking |



