Why this module matters

  • Shows why fixed plans break down in complexity

    Understand the limits of milestones and targets when outcomes can’t be predicted or controlled.

  • Introduces wayfinding as an alternative to planning

    Learn to navigate by direction rather than fixed destinations, adjusting your course as conditions change.

  • Gives you a practical way to make progress

    Use Safe-to-Fail Experiments to learn, adapt, and build momentum without needing full certainty upfront.

Learning outcomes

A detailed breakdown of the main learning outcomes for this module

  • Recognise the difference between travel planning and wayfinding in complex projects

  • Apply a wayfinding approach in the creation of a provisional vision of the future

  • Understand the relevance of experimentation in complexity

  • Design a portfolio of safe experiments of your own

Practise with hands-on exercises

In this exercise kit, you will describe a stubborn challenge of your own, set a direction of travel and the edges you must not cross, then design a portfolio of small, safe experiments to test and bring them to your team for reflective feedback that helps you simplify, diversify, or sharpen them.

Instructor

Solveig Zophoniasdottir

Director, Learning, MEL & Impact, Climate KIC

Solveig Zophoniasdottir has spent more than 15 years helping people and organisations navigate complexity, systems change, and uncertainty. Drawing on extensive experience in facilitation, sensemaking, and transformational learning, she supports practitioners in using experimentation and safe-to-fail approaches to make progress in complex challenges.

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