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Criterion
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-4 Wochen30-60 min15-60 min je Zyklus
Participantsdifferent
3-126-30 Experten2-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates
Tagsno overlap
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
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