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Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Purposedifferent
When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.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.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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing2-4 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-123-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
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Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay