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| Criterion |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Facilitation Mind 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. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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 | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 15-45 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-20 | 1-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan |
Tagsno overlap | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | RiskDecisionSensemaking |
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