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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S | ![]() Decision Making OODA Loop | ![]() Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree | ![]() 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. | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared.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. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. | 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 | 15-60 min je Zyklus | 2-4 h | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-8 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Leverage Map, Action Strategy |
Tags1 shared | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy |



