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Criterion
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Purposedifferent
IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 hMultiple workshops over several weeks1-3 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-81-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Issue Map, Positions, Argument NotesHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
GrowthBehaviorRetention
SensemakingDecisionRationale
GrowthRetentionConversion
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