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Criterion
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed 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.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-121-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
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FacilitationOptionsDecision
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping