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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 Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.
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Timedifferent
45-90 min1-4 h60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-84-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
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GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
RiskDecisionSensemaking
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Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
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Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
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Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
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