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Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-120 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-62-102-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping