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Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Purposedifferent
When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.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.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.When several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h2-4 hHalf dayHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-123-123-12Team-Leads plus Architecture
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsLeverage Map, Action StrategyInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
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