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| Criterion |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-20 | 2-8 | 1-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | IdeationInnovationCreativity | SensemakingDecisionRationale | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |