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Criterion
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.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
60-180 min45-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-201-61-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan
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ComplexitySensemakingDecision
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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Product Strategy
DIBB
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas