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| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Systems Mapping | ![]() Growth Flywheel | ![]() Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud | ![]() Growth Hooked Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins. | 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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60-120 min | 60-120 min | Multiple workshops over several weeks |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | System Map, Dependencies, Leverage Points | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange | GrowthRetentionConversion | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | GrowthBehaviorRetention |



