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Criterion
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
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.Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHigh
Timedifferent
30-90 minStunden bis wenige Tage0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-101-44-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
VUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanPretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decisionScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options
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SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
ValidationDemandMVP
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
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