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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
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Timedifferent
45-90 min45-120 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-62-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
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GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model