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Criterion
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 of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Purposedifferent
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 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.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-101-83-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
VUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
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SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
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OODA Loop
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
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