# VucaCanvas®
## For your toolbox
[VucaCanvas®](https://www.vucacanvas.com/) is a framework to shockproof organisations and communities, and prepare them for unpredictable and hyper-connected futures. The framework supports a set of canvasses and an interactive (virtual) workshop. Apply these to tweak your platform's design and have it respond well to shocks.
## Stress the platform
VucaCanvas® introduces the concept of stressors:. capacities that are helpful in coping with [Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatility%2C_uncertainty%2C_complexity_and_ambiguity) environments. Stressors derive from evolutionary biology and describe how complex social systems behave, develop and survive. Stressors are a present from nature:gift:
Each stressor shapes a specific capacity to shockproof and vibrant social systems:
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**Adaptive** - capacity to adjust
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**Sensitive** - capacity to be receptive
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**Resilient** - capacity to rebalance
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**Connective** - capacity to interlink
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**Divers** - capacity to vary
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**Cooperative** - capacity to collaborate
Injecting stressors into a platform's design will show up how it tends to respond to surprises and shocks. This is performed in three steps: form landscapes:point\_right:get insights:point\_right:find interventions.
* :deciduous\_tree:**Form landscapes**: the platform team stresses their design by assessing the six capacities. To assess, the elements of each capacity get scored on a sliding scale:
* :telescope:**Get insights**: the team reflects on the landscape thus formed. These observations unfold insights about the level of development of each of the capacities:
> Most capacities are well developed. The *Sensitive* capacity shows that ecosystem as a whole is not all that receptive to surprises: a single news article could have a severe impact on AirBnB's identity and image. The *Connective* capacity uncovers that there are little to no mechanisms to shift negative sentiments. There is a seeming lack of a just cause and the network seems to benefit from financial benefits mainly.l
* :zap:**Find interventions**: the teams gathers the insights to have a top 3 of interventions emerge. Each interventions is aimed at changing patterns in the ecosystem and bringing the platform to a next level.
> 1. Design and enable ‘deep learning’ within the platform to better understand collective patterns and behavior.
> 2. Reshape the network around a ‘just-cause’ f.i. create a sustainable network which is not threatening the cohesion in neighborhoods.
> 3. Reinforce and communicate a set of values for the network to guide hosts and guests in their connections and travels (example: Patagonia).
## Start organising
A workshop can be facilitated on-location (4-50 people). An inspiring event using canvasses, Duplo bricks and conversation to stress the social platform and discover insights and interventions. Alternatively, a workshop can be facilitated on-line (4-10.000 people) using an interactive learning platform with sense-making and meaning-making software.
There is the possibility to hold your own workshops by joining an (online) accreditation training.\
Find more information on [www.vucacanvas.com](https://www.vucacanvas.com)
