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Criterion
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Purposedifferent
Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min20-45 minMultiple workshops over several weeks
Participantsdifferent
3-81-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key EventsHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check
Tagsno overlap
GrowthRetentionConversion
Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics
GrowthBehaviorRetention
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Paper illustration of System Archetypes with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Archetypes
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Iceberg Model method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Iceberg Model