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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Three Horizons | ![]() Decision Making OODA Loop | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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 | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared.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. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ | 15-60 min je Zyklus | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tags1 shared | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |
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