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Criterion
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper matrix with seven SCAMPER rows, operator prompts and variations for a course portal.
Innovation
SCAMPER
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1210-502-104-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionSCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation NotesIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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