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Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Purposedifferent
Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely.When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 hHalf day initial, dann laufend90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Ein Team plus Stakeholder5-15
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Polarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsTeam API DocumentSpotify Model Map, Action List
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
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Team Design
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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
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Facilitation
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Business Strategy
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