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Criterion
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Purposedifferent
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.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-83-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic Signals
Tagsno overlap
SensemakingDecisionRationale
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
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