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Criterion
Paper illustration for Golden Circle
Growth
Golden Circle
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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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 a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.
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30-60 min30-60 minWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
1-82-63-10
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning DraftCounter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
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MarketingPositioningCommunication
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas