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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
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
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.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min15-30 min Planung, laufend45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1012-63-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints
Tagsno overlap
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
PlanningTime managementFocus
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
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