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| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Leverage Points | ![]() Facilitation Nominal Group Technique | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop | ![]() 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. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day | 60-120 min | 1-3 h | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 5-12 | 5-30 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |



