VucaCanvas®
Stress the platform's design for it to become shockproof.
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Stress the platform's design for it to become shockproof.
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VucaCanvas® 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.
VucaCanvas® introduces the concept of stressors:. capacities that are helpful in coping with Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous environments. Stressors derive from evolutionary biology and describe how complex social systems behave, develop and survive. Stressors are a present from nature
Each stressor shapes a specific capacity to shockproof and vibrant social systems:
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
Design and enable ‘deep learning’ within the platform to better understand collective patterns and behavior.
Reshape the network around a ‘just-cause’ f.i. create a sustainable network which is not threatening the cohesion in neighborhoods.
Reinforce and communicate a set of values for the network to guide hosts and guests in their connections and travels (example: Patagonia).
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
Adaptive - capacity to adjust
Sensitive - capacity to be receptive
Resilient - capacity to rebalance
Connective - capacity to interlink
Divers - capacity to vary
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 landscapesget insightsfind interventions.
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:
Get insights: the team reflects on the landscape thus formed. These observations unfold insights about the level of development of each of the capacities:
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.
