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Criterion
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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 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.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.
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60-180 min1-4 h30-90 min
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Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanRich Picture, Problem Framing Notes
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ComplexitySensemakingDecision
RiskDecisionSensemaking
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
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Systems Thinking
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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Decision Making
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
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