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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S | ![]() Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud | ![]() Decision Making Delphi Method | ![]() Systems Thinking Leverage Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60-120 min | 1-4 Wochen | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Leverage Map, Action Strategy |
Tagsno overlap | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy |



