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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Purposedifferent
When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.
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MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
5-304-103-12
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions
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FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Stakeholder Mapping
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Stakeholder Mapping