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Criterion
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Purposedifferent
After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement.The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
20-45 min60-120 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-123-102-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Lessons learned, Action items, Event summaryFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
LearningOperationsImprovement
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud