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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S | ![]() Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |
|---|---|---|
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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-20 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes |
Tagsno overlap | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | ComplexitySensemakingDecision |
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