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| Criterion |  Innovation How Might We |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Facilitation Question Burst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction. | 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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–45 min | 60-180 min | 30-90 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 4-20 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts |
Tagsno overlap | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | DecisionTreeOptions | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking |