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Criterion
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Purposedifferent
A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h workshop plus review60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-103-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
GrowthRetentionConversion
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A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs