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Criterion
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Purposedifferent
When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.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.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min60-180 min45-90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-204-203-124-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
DecisionRolesGovernance
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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