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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min1-2 h60-180 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-84-201-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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