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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.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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Timedifferent
15-30 min30-90 min60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-104-20
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
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 for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam