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Criterion
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.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.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
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Timedifferent
30-90 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-204-123-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
ChangeDecisionStrategy
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Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid