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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-60 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-64-124-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Salience Diagram, Strategy per ClassIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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