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Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
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.When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timesame
60-120 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-105-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority
Tagsno overlap
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
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