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Paper illustration for Golden Circle
Growth
Golden Circle
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
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 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 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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30-60 min45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-83-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning DraftImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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MarketingPositioningCommunication
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
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Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Growth Experiment workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Growth Experiment
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix