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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.
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45-90 min2-4 h2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-83-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram