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How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
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.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.
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Timedifferent
30–45 min60-180 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
1-104-202-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts
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FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
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