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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
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.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.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage30-90 min2-4 h60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
4-121-103-84-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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