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Paper illustration for VMGS
Business Strategy
VMGS
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Purposedifferent
VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently.When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h45-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-121-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, StrategiesPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
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VisionGoalsStrategy
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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