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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Purposedifferent
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 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.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 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
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min15-30 min60-180 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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