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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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
MediumMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h60-180 min1-4 Wochen30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-104-206-30 Experten1-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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