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Criterion
Paper illustration for Golden Circle
Growth
Golden Circle
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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 for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.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.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 minWochen bis Monate je Goal45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning DraftGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
MarketingPositioningCommunication
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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