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Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.
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Timedifferent
60-120 min0.5-2 TageHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-104-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsLeverage Map, Action Strategy
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ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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