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Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Purposedifferent
Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-104-20
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeMappingRisk
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping