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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
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Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment 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.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h15-90 min daily1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-1214-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
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OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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