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Criterion
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
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 capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min1-2 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsRadar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
Systems Thinking
Intervention Mapping
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons