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Criterion
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
A paper-based illustration representing Wardley Mapping with its core stages and visible working result.
Systems Thinking
Wardley Mapping
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
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.Wardley Mapping makes visible where an offering stands today and where it can evolve. The method connects user need, value chain, and evolution stages into a strategic basis for platform, build, or buy decisions.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-120 min1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-103-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogWardley Map, Strategic Options, Evolution NotesForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
GrowthRetentionConversion
StrategySystems thinkingDynamics
ChangeDecisionStrategy
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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph