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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
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 VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-2 h30-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-101-106-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
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AssessmentPortfolioCapability
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
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