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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
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
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.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage60-120 min45-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-103-121-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
ChangeDecisionStrategy
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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