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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Innovation Crazy 8s |  Growth Flywheel |  Growth Hooked Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time. | With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 8-15 min | 60-120 min | Multiple workshops over several weeks |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 1-10 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Sketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint | GrowthRetentionConversion | GrowthBehaviorRetention |