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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Purposedifferent
Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.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.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.
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Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage60-180 min0.5-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
4-124-205-15
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesRich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change Agenda
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StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
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Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method