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Criterion
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
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.When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h workshop plus review15-30 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-101-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesSMART Goal, Measurement Note, DeadlineFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment
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
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done