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Criterion
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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 stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
60–90 min60-90 min2-8 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-84-102-85-30
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk PlanConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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