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Criterion
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Purposedifferent
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.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-120 min45-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
3-103-811
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutinePriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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