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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | 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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day | 45-90 min | 60–90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |