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Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-120 minHalbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-123-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityHorizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
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FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid