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Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h45-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-62-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business HypothesesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S