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| Criterion | ![]() Operations Visual Management | ![]() Systems Thinking Futures Wheel | ![]() Business Strategy Three Horizons |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 60-120 min | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 3-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic Signals | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | ForesightSystems thinkingSignals | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight |
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