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| Criterion |  Growth Golden Circle |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Team Design Team API |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 2-4 h | Half day initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-12 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning Draft | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Team API Document | Spotify Model Map, Action List |
Tagsno overlap | MarketingPositioningCommunication | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis |