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Criterion
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design.Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Multiple workshops over several weeks60-120 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
Tagsno overlap
GrowthBehaviorRetention
GrowthRetentionConversion
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis