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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
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LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-122-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
ChangeDecisionStrategy
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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