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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.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.
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15-30 min60-120 min60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-84-20
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
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QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam