Method

Tychevia is not a method in the conventional sense. It is a disciplined way of thinking and acting when the problem itself is unstable, contested, or only partly knowable. In such conditions, applying techniques in isolation is not just ineffective — it is actively misleading.

The purpose of the Tychevia method is therefore not to “apply tools”, but to maintain coherence of judgement as understanding evolves. Methods are used only when the nature of the problem makes them necessary, and always in relation to what has come before.

The underlying question

At the heart of Tychevia is a single epistemic question:

How do we think and act well when the problem cannot be fully specified in advance, and certainty is neither available nor honest?

Every element of the method exists to answer that question. The sequence matters. Without it, even sophisticated techniques collapse into premature solutions or false confidence.

The thinking sequence

The Tychevia method unfolds as a sequence of inquiry. Each stage prepares the conditions for the next.

Orientation. First, we establish what kind of problem we are in. This includes boundary setting and distinguishing between tame, complicated, complex, and wicked situations. The aim is to prevent category error before any analysis begins.

Sense-making. Next, the problem is examined through a small number of deliberately contrasting lenses. The issue is held constant while the interpretive frame changes, allowing blind spots, tensions, and structural features to become visible without pretending to resolve them.

Root convergence. Where patterns recur, drilling methods are used to distinguish symptoms from systemic drivers. This stage focuses on why issues reappear across time, domains, or reforms, rather than why they occur once.

Intervention design. Only then are intervention pathways explored. The emphasis is on leverage, constraints, and safe-to-fail action rather than control or optimisation. Action is treated as provisional and revisable.

Narrative, learning, and memory. Finally, what has been learned is made durable. Narratives, artefacts, and decision traces are created so that understanding survives personnel change, political cycles, and regime shifts.

What this approach avoids

Tychevia is not a toolkit, a prompt library, or an optimisation engine. It does not promise certainty, speed, or universal solutions. Methods are not explained or applied in isolation, and no single lens or diagnostic is privileged.

Instead, methods are introduced only at the point in the thinking where they become unavoidable.

Tychevia does not choose methods in advance; it allows the nature of the problem to summon the methods it requires.

Why this scales

This is why the same method coheres across public services, corporates, and financial institutions. The surface problems differ, but the underlying challenge is the same: maintaining coherent judgement under conditions where easy answers are rewarded and good thinking is not.