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Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Purposedifferent
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.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h2-6 hHalf day45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasLeverage Map, Action StrategyAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
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StrategyCompetitionMarket
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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