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Criterion
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Purposedifferent
The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.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.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-60 min20–45 min45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1Small cross-functional group3-122-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ChangeDecisionStrategy
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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