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Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Purposedifferent
SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them.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.McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.
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30-60 min60-120 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-124-103-12
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action listDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions
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Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
Business Strategy
TOWS Matrix
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping