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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
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 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.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h60–90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-302-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
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FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
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Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
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