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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-90 min1-4 Wochen1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-101-106-30 Experten1-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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