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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Purposedifferent
Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.
Complexitydifferent
HighMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic Signals
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StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
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Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points