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Criterion
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper illustration for Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
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.For a tightly scoped process segment with noticeable waste, the method bundles shared energy for change. It suits situations that call for fast learning loops and visible adjustments.When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min0.5-5 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-104-101-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsKaizen Charter, Waste List, Improvement Experiments, Standard Work UpdateLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
LeanContinuous improvementOperations
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
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A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup