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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 h20–45 min60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-8Small cross-functional group4-20
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
RiskDecisionSensemaking
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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