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Criterion
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
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.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 makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-120 min1-2 h Setup, laufend60-120 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
3-1012-81
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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