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Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Purposedifferent
When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min45-90 min30-60 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-102-62-81-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis QuestionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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