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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Purposedifferent
For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.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.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.
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1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-3 h1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-101-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
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Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan
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InnovationPrototypeResearch
SensemakingDecisionRationale
RiskDecisionSensemaking
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Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS