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Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Purposedifferent
For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.
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1-4 h0.5-3 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-85-153-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanRich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change AgendaCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints
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RiskDecisionSensemaking
Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing