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Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points.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
1-3 hHalbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsHorizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
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StrategyCompetitionMarket
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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