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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 for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
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.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.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and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
45-90 min45-120 min45-90 min15-60 min je Zyklus
Participantsdifferent
4-123-83-121-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates
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FacilitationOptionsDecision
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
ChangeDecisionStrategy
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
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