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Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
Business Strategy
TOWS Matrix
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-104-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasTOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority ActionsDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan
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AssessmentPortfolioCapability
StrategyAnalysisOptions
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
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Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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GAP Analysis