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Criterion
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.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.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min60–90 min15-45 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, DifferentiatorsChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
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