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Paper illustration for Golden Circle
Growth
Golden Circle
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
In positioning and communication, what an offering actually stands for often becomes blurred. The Golden Circle sharpens a product's inner rationale and connects purpose, approach, and offering into a clear statement.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
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Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-81-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning DraftArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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MarketingPositioningCommunication
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Growth Experiment workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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Growth Experiment
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop