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Criterion
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Purposedifferent
In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.
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Timedifferent
15-60 min je Zyklus30-120 min45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
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Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesObservation Notes, Improvement IdeasAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
LeanObservationProcessOperations
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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