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| Criterion |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 1-2 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 4-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StrategyMarketAnalysis |
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