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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
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 for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field 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.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min15-60 min je Zyklus45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-81-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
ChangeDecisionStrategy
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