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Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
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 Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h2-4 h15-60 min je Zyklus
Participantsdifferent
2-83-81-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates
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StrategyCompetitionMarket
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
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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
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method