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Criterion
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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.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.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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
2-4 hHalf day1-4 Wochen30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-126-30 Experten2-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsLeverage Map, Action StrategyExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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