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Criterion
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Purposedifferent
With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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 Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min Planung, laufend45-90 min60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
13-83-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementFocus
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
GrowthRetentionConversion
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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