Wheel of impact
What
The wheel of impact is a visual way of assessing ideas or draft solutions using the Sustainable Development Goals.
Why
The Sustainable Development Goals provide a much-used structure for considering the impact of ideas or draft solutions. The wheel of impact helps compare the impact of various ideas or draft solutions.
How
- Elaborate the structure of the wheel of impact on a flip chart, whiteboard, wall or table, or use the sample template.
- Decide which ideas or draft solutions you want to compare. Give each idea or draft solution its own colour.
- Estimate how well the idea or draft solution will score for each Sustainable Development Goal and indicate this in the wheel of impact using the right colour.
- Reflect on the outcome. Which ideas or draft solutions have the most impact? Which ideas or draft solutions are worth elaborating?
- Choose an idea or draft solution, or a few, for elaboration.
Brainstorm about ways of increasing the impact of the selected ideas or draft solutions.