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Criterion
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
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.When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-121-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, Cluster
Tagsno overlap
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
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Innovation
Brainstorming
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Innovation
Lotus Blossom