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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.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 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
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min30-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-101-101-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping