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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Decision Making Option Framing |  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. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-120 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |
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