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Criterion
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 Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Purposedifferent
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.The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min60-120 min1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-83-101
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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Paper illustration for Theory of Change
Systems Thinking
Theory of Change
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Operations
Weekly Review
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Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard