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Criterion
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
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Timedifferent
60-180 min0.5-2 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-204-122-8
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
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ComplexitySensemakingDecision
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
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Product Strategy
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A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
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Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming