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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.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 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
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min30-90 min60-180 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-81-64-201-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
DecisionTreeOptions
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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