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Criterion
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
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Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
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TOWS Matrix
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
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