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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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 Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min60-120 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-104-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe