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Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Purposedifferent
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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60–90 min60-120 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-103-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
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StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
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McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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