Joel Barker's Implications Wheel® strategic exploration tool

A key challenge faced by leaders and managers of change everywhere is how to get change to "stick"; how to achieve the desired results without unintended consequences getting in the way.

Imagine you had a tool that could give you a "sneak preview" of how the future might unfold with your change effort. This tool enables you and others to gain a clear understanding of how flow-on effects could develop, in advance of these events "jumping up to bite you".

We're not talking about a crystal ball but a tool that enables potentially large and diverse groups to think in a structured, rapid manner about the potential impacts of change, short and long term.

The output is an interactive, highly intuitive map of possible implications. It enables planning to prevent undesirable impacts and to leverage positive ones.

The tool is Joel Barker's Implications Wheel® strategic exploration tool. Barker is a noted futurist and his video presentation The Business of Paradigms is among the top-selling business videos of all time.

Don Dunoon personally trained and accredited by Joel Barker

The Implications Wheel® is an extremely powerful tool for exploring the possible ramifications of just about any change - whether a product or service innovation, a new policy, an emerging trend in the external environment, or an organisational change such as a restructure or new business system implementation.  

Benefits of Using the Implications Wheel®

The Implications Wheel® strategic exploration tool:

• Enables rapid identification of the potential consequences - positive and negative - of proposed changes
• Assists people and groups to think further into the future than they are likely to otherwise
• Reflects the way change occurs in reality. As with ripples radiating out with a stone thrown into a pond, implications cascading in all directions can be captured
• Generates quick progress, through participants utilizing specific guidelines and practices
• Promotes inclusiveness - many perspectives, people contributing as equals
• Highlights critical implications through scoring and summarizing functions
• Helps organisations avoid negative effects from unintended consequences, and make the most of potential opportunities
• Provides a sound basis for action-oriented planning.

Case Studies and Testimonials

To view case studies and testimonials on Don Dunoon’s applications of the Implications Wheel®, click here.

Facilitation and Training in the Implications Wheel® by Don Dunoon

New Futures' director Don Dunoon introduced the Implications Wheel® to Australia, after being personally trained and accredited in the use of the tool by Joel Barker.

Don conducts facilitated workshops to help organisations apply the tool in thinking through change-related issues. Corporate licences are also available, in conjunction with the US developers of the tool.

To download a brochure on the Implications Wheel®, click here.

To visit Joel Barker’s Implications Wheel® website, click here.

Contact New Futures to find out more about the Implications Wheel® and to arrange for an obligation-free demonstration in your organisation.