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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 of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min30-90 min60-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-201-104-101-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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