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Criterion
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Purposedifferent
The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.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.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.
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60-120 min60-180 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-201-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan
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Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing