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Criterion
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
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 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.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.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.
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Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 h1-4 Wochen60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-121-62-8
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WorkshopWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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