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Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
OngoingHalbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-203-123-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesHorizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic Signals
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SignalsOperationsVisual management
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
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ABC Analysis
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
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Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas