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Criterion
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
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.Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min1-3 hMultiple workshops over several weeks
Participantsdifferent
3-82-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogFive Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check
Tagsno overlap
GrowthRetentionConversion
StrategyCompetitionMarket
GrowthBehaviorRetention
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric