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Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication 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.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min15-30 min Planung, laufend45-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1012-62-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
PlanningTime managementFocus
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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