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| Criterion |  Growth Golden Circle |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Storytelling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In positioning and communication, what an offering actually stands for often becomes blurred. The Golden Circle sharpens a product's inner rationale and connects purpose, approach, and offering into a clear statement. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | 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. | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Half day | 1-2 h | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-8 | 4-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning Draft | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc |
Tagsno overlap | MarketingPositioningCommunication | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation |