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Criterion
Paper illustration of Strategy Execution Loop with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Execution Loop
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning.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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews60-180 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
5-124-201-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning LogCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of Strategic-Tactical-Operational Planning with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
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Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
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Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping