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Criterion
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared.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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h workshop plus review15-60 min je Zyklus45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-101-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping