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Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario.
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Timedifferent
Multiple workshops over several weeks20–45 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
2-8Small cross-functional group3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logStress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario
Tagsno overlap
GrowthBehaviorRetention
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis
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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 Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
VRIO Framework
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix