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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
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Timedifferent
45-90 min1-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-81-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
RiskDecisionSensemaking
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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