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Criterion
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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.When product teams track many metrics, the view of the actual customer outcome easily gets lost. A North Star Metric bundles growth, usage, and value contribution into one signal that makes the system's direction visible.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-120 min1-2 h60-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-83-62-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
Tagsno overlap
GrowthRetentionConversion
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
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