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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 TOWS Matrix.
Business Strategy
TOWS Matrix
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.The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 h15-60 min je Zyklus
Participantsdifferent
4-123-101-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsTOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority ActionsSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
StrategyAnalysisOptions
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis