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How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.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.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
30–45 minMultiple workshops over several weeks1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-102-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
GrowthBehaviorRetention
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test