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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Purposedifferent
When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-102-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsFive Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options
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BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
StrategyCompetitionMarket
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis